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.TH TOUCH 1  "18 January 1983"
.SH NAME
touch \- update date last modified of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B touch
[
.B \-c
]
[
.B \-f
]
file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Touch
attempts to set the modified date of each
.IR file .
If a
.I file
exists,
this is done by reading a character from the file
and writing it back.
If a
.I file
does not exist,
an attempt will be made to create it unless the
.B \-c
option is specified.
The
.B \-f
option will attempt to force the touch
in spite of read and write permissions on a
.IR file .
.SH SEE\ ALSO
utimes(2)
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78d8003c C	1	.TH TOUCH 1 "18 January 1983"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	touch \- update date last modified of a file
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B touch
	6	[
	7	.B \-c
	8	]
	9	[
	10	.B \-f
	11	]
	12	file ...
	13	.SH DESCRIPTION
	14	.I Touch
	15	attempts to set the modified date of each
	16	.IR file .
	17	If a
	18	.I file
	19	exists,
	20	this is done by reading a character from the file
	21	and writing it back.
	22	If a
	23	.I file
	24	does not exist,
	25	an attempt will be made to create it unless the
	26	.B \-c
	27	option is specified.
	28	The
	29	.B \-f
	30	option will attempt to force the touch
	31	in spite of read and write permissions on a
	32	.IR file .
	33	.SH SEE\ ALSO
	34	utimes(2)