---
name: "rust-touch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rust-coreutils"
version: "0.0.30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rust-touch"
---

# rust-touch(1)

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

## NAME

touch - Update the access and modification times of each \`FILE\` to the current time.

## SYNOPSIS

**touch** \[**--help**\] \[**-a** \] \[**-t** \] \[**-d**\|**--date**\] \[**-m** \] \[**-c**\|**--no-create**\] \[**-h**\|**--no-dereference**\] \[**-r**\|**--reference**\] \[**--time**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \[*files*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

- **-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

v0.0.30