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TOUCH(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             TOUCH(1)



N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
    touch - update date last modified of a file

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    t\bto\bou\buc\bch\bh [ -\b-c\bc ] [ -\b-f\bf ] file ...

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    _\bT_\bo_\bu_\bc_\bh attempts to set the modified date of each _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be.  If a
    _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists, this is done by reading a character from the
    file and writing it back.  If a _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be does not exist, an
    attempt will be made to create it unless the -\b-c\bc option is
    specified.  The -\b-f\bf option will attempt to force the touch in
    spite of read and write permissions on a _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
    utimes(2)







































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