---
name: "uu-touch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-touch"
---

# uu-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** \[OPTION\]... \[FILE\]...

## 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