.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .TH touch 1 "touch 0.0.26" .SH NAME touch \- Update the access and modification times of each `FILE` to the current time. .SH SYNOPSIS \fBtouch\fR [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-a \fR] [\fB\-t \fR] [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-date\fR] [\fB\-m \fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-no\-create\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR] [\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-reference\fR] [\fB\-\-time\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIfiles\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION Update the access and modification times of each `FILE` to the current time. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-\-help\fR Print help information. .TP \fB\-a\fR change only the access time .TP \fB\-t\fR=\fISTAMP\fR use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-date\fR=\fISTRING\fR parse argument and use it instead of current time .TP \fB\-m\fR change only the modification time .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-no\-create\fR do not create any files .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (only for systems that can change the timestamps of a symlink) .TP \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIFILE\fR use this file\*(Aqs times instead of the current time .TP \fB\-\-time\fR=\fIWORD\fR change only the specified time: "access", "atime", or "use" are equivalent to \-a; "modify" or "mtime" are equivalent to \-m .br .br [\fIpossible values: \fRatime, mtime] .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Print version .TP [\fIfiles\fR] .SH VERSION v0.0.26