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NAME

6       touch - change file timestamps
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SYNOPSIS

9       touch [OPTION]... FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Update  the  access  and modification times of each FILE to the current
13       time.
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15       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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18       -a     change only the access time
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20       -c, --no-create
21              do not create any files
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23       -d, --date=STRING
24              parse STRING and use it instead of current time
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26       -f     (ignored)
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28       -m     change only the modification time
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30       -r, --reference=FILE
31              use this file's times instead of current time
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33       -t STAMP
34              use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
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36       --time=WORD
37              change the specified time: WORD is access, atime, or use: equiv‐
38              alent to -a WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to -m
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40       --help display this help and exit
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42       --version
43              output version information and exit
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45       Note that the -d and -t options accept different time-date formats.
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47       If a FILE is -, touch standard output.
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AUTHOR

50       Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim  Kingdon,  David  MacKenzie,
51       and Randy Smith.
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REPORTING BUGS

54       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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57       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
58       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
59       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
60       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
61       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

64       The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
65       the  info  and  touch programs are properly installed at your site, the
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68              info touch
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70       should give you access to the complete manual.
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74GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                          TOUCH(1)
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