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.TH TOUCH "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
touch \- change file timestamps
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B touch
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
change only the access time
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-no\-create\fR
do not create any files
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-date\fR=\fISTRING\fR
parse STRING and use it instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-f\fR
(ignored)
.TP
\fB\-m\fR
change only the modification time
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIFILE\fR
use this file's times instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-t\fR STAMP
use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-\-time\fR=\fIWORD\fR
change the specified time:
WORD is access, atime, or use: equivalent to \fB\-a\fR
WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to \fB\-m\fR
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
Note that the \fB\-d\fR and \fB\-t\fR options accept different time\-date formats.
.PP
If a FILE is \-, touch standard output.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B touch
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B touch
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info touch
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.