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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
              change the specified time: WORD is access, atime,
              or use: equivalent to -a WORD is modify or mtime:
              equivalent to -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 <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

              info touch

       should give you access to the complete manual.



touch 5.3.0              November 2004                 TOUCH(1)
