NAME
touch - Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
SYNOPSIS
touch [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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
- -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