TOUCH(1)			User Commands			     TOUCH(1)



NAME
       touch - change file timestamps

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 .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation	 for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and touch programs are properly installed  at  your	site,
       the command

	      info coreutils touch

       should give you access to the complete manual.



touch (coreutils) 5.2.1		 August 2006			     TOUCH(1)

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