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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## touch

    touch [options] [date] files

For one or more `files`, update the access time and modification time (and dates) to the current time and date, or update to the optional `date`. `date` is a date and time in the format `mmddhhmm`[yy]. touch is useful in forcing other commands to handle files a certain way; e.g., the operation of make, and sometimes find, relies on a file's access and modification time.

### Options

-a

  Update only the access time.

-c

  Do not create nonexistent files.

-m

  Update only the modification time.

Reference: timex |  | Reference: tput