GNU/Linux |
CentOS 4.8 |
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touch(1) |
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touch − change file timestamps
touch [OPTION]... FILE...
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) |
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−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 −d and −t options accept different time-date formats.
Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2004 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.
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 coreutils touch
should give you access to the complete manual.
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