Name
touch - change file timestampsSynopsis
touch [OPTION]... FILE...Description
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -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
- change the specified time: WORD is access, atime, or use: equivalent to -a WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to -m
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
Note that the -d and -t options accept different time-date formats.
If a FILE is -, touch standard output.
