.TH TOUCH 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
touch \(em change file access and modify times
.SH SYNOPSYS
\fBtouch\fR [-acm] [-d \fItime\fR|-r \fIfile\fR|-t \fItime\fR] \fIfile\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Update the access and modification times of one or more files.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
.B -a
Change the access time only.
.TP
.B -c
Do not create new files.
.TP
.B -d \fItime\fR
Use YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:SS[.frac][tz] instead of current time.
.TP
.B -m
Change the modification time only.
.TP
.B -r \fIfile\fR
Use a specified files times.
.TP
.B -t \fItime\fR
Use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] instead of current time.
.TP
.B --help
Display help information.
.TP
.B --version
Display version information.
.SH OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
.TP
.I file
A pathname of a file.
.SH EXIT STATUS
The following exit values will be returned:
.TP
\ 0
All files were processed successfully.
.TP
>0
An error occurred.
.SH STANDARDS
The \fItouch\fR utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ("POSIX.2")
specification.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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