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.TH TOUCH 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
touch \- Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtouch\fR [OPTION]... [FILE]...
.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 \fI<STAMP>\fR
use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-date\fR \fI<STRING>\fR
parse argument and use it instead of current time
.TP
\fB\-f\fR
(ignored)
.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 \fI<FILE>\fR
use this file\*(Aqs times instead of the current time
.TP
\fB\-\-time\fR \fI<WORD>\fR
change only the specified time: "access", "atime", or "use" are equivalent to \-a; "modify" or "mtime" are equivalent to \-m

\fIPossible values:\fR
.RS 14
.IP \(bu 2
atime
.IP \(bu 2
mtime
.RE
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.TP
[\fIfiles\fR]

.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0