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 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 conditions. 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.