TOUCH(1) General Commands Manual TOUCH(1)
NAME
touch - set file modification date
SYNOPSIS
touch [ -c ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Touch attempts to set the modified date of each file. This is done by
reading a character from the file and writing it back.
If a file does not exist, an attempt will be made to create it unless
the -c option is specified.
SEE ALSO
utime(2)
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