FSF                                                      TOUCH(1)

NAME
     touch - change file timestamps

SYNOPSIS
     touch [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 dif-
     ferent.

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 O 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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FSF                                                      TOUCH(1)

     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  Texinfo
     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.

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