SYNOPSIS

       touch [OPTION]... FILE...


DESCRIPTION

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

       Mandatory arguments to  long  options  are  mandatory  for
       short options too.

       -a     change only the access time

       -c, --no-create
              do not create any files

       -d, --date=STRING
              parse STRING and use it instead of current time

       -f     (ignored)

       -m     change only the modification time

       -r, --reference=FILE
              use this file's times instead of current time

       -t STAMP
              use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time

       --time=WORD
              set  time  given by WORD: access atime use (same as
              -a) modify mtime (same as -m)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       Note that the -d and -t options accept different time-date
       formats.


AUTHOR

       Written  by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David
       MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi­
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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