Manual: touch

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NAME
       touch - Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

SYNOPSIS
       touch  [--help]	[-a ] [-t ] [-d|--date] [-f ] [-m ] [-c|--no-create] [-h|--no-dereference] [-r|--reference] [--time]
       [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION
       Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

OPTIONS
       --help Print help information.

       -a     change only the access time

       -t 
	      use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time

       -d, --date 
	      parse argument and use it instead of current time

       -f     (ignored)

       -m     change only the modification time

       -c, --no-create
	      do not create any files

       -h, --no-dereference
	      affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (only for systems that can change the timestamps of a
	      symlink)

       -r, --reference 
	      use this file's times instead of the current time

       --time 
	      change only the specified time: "access", "atime", or "use" are equivalent to  -a;  "modify"  or	"mtime"	 are
	      equivalent to -m

	      Possible values:

		     • atime

		     • mtime

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [files]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						    TOUCH(1)