uu-touch(1)

uu-touch1

Update the access and modification times of each file to the current time.

Usage

touch [OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

Overview

Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

Options

--help

Print help information.

-a

change only the access time

-t <STAMP>

use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time

-d, --date <STRING>

parse argument and use it instead of current time

-f

(ignored)

-m

change only the modification time

-c, --no-create

do not create any files

-h, --no-dereference

affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (only for systems that can change the timestamps of a symlink)

-r, --reference <FILE>

use this file's times instead of the current time

--time <WORD>

change only the specified time: "access", "atime", or "use" are equivalent to -a; "modify" or "mtime" are equivalent to -m

Possible values:

•

atime

•

mtime

-V, --version

Print version

[files]

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.