NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       touch  [--help]  [-a  ]  [-t  ]  [-d|--date]  [-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=STAMP
              use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time

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

       -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=FILE
              use this file's times instead of the current time

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

              [possible values: access, atime, use, modify, mtime]

       -V, --version
              Print version

       [files]

VERSION

       v0.0.20

                                           touch 0.0.20                                  touch(1)