TOUCH(1) FSF TOUCH(1)NAMEtouch - change file timestamps
SYNOPSIStouch [OPTION]... FILE...
touch [-acm] MMDDhhmm[YY] FILE... (obsolescent)
DESCRIPTION
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to
the current time.
-a change only the access time
-c, --no-create
do not create any files
-d, --date=STRING
parse STRING and use it instead of current time
-f (ignored)
-m change only the modification time
-r, --reference=FILE
use this file's times instead of current time
-t STAMP
use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
--time=WORD
set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as
-a) modify mtime (same as -m)
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Note that the three time-date formats recognized for the
-d and -t options and for the obsolescent argument are all
different.
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David
MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Tex
info manual. If the info and touch programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info touch
should give you access to the complete manual.
touch (fileutils) 4.1 April 2001 TOUCH(1)
