1TOUCH(1)                    General Commands Manual                   TOUCH(1)
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NAME

6       touch - update date last modified of a file
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SYNOPSIS

9       touch [ -c ] [ -f ] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Touch  attempts  to  set  the  modified  date  of each file.  If a file
13       exists, this is done by reading a character from the file  and  writing
14       it  back.   If a file does not exist, an attempt will be made to create
15       it unless the -c option is specified.  The -f option  will  attempt  to
16       force the touch in spite of read and write permissions on a file.
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SEE ALSO

19       utimes(2)
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237th Edition                     April 29, 1985                        TOUCH(1)
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