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.TH TOUCH 1 "November 1998" "GNU fileutils 4.0" "FSF"
.SH NAME
touch \- change file timestamps
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B touch
[\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.TP
or
: ../src/touch [-acm] MMDDhhmm[YY] FILE... (obsolescent)
.TP
Update
the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
change only the access time
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
do not create any files
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-date\fR=\fISTRING\fR
parse STRING and use it instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-f\fR
(ignored)
.TP
\fB\-m\fR
change only the modification time
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIFILE\fR
use this file's times instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
STAMP               use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-\-time\fR=\fIWORD\fR
access \fB\-a\fR, atime \fB\-a\fR, mtime \fB\-m\fR, modify \fB\-m\fR, use \fB\-a\fR
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
STAMP may be used without \fB\-t\fR if none of \fB\-drt\fR, nor \fB\-\-\fR, are used.
Note that the three time-date formats recognized for the \fB\-d\fR and \fB\-t\fR options
and for the obsolescent argument are all different.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B touch
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B touch
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info touch
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.