tldr/common/touch.md
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touch

Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime)

  • Create a new empty file(s) or change the times for existing file(s) to current time.`

touch {{filename}}

  • Set the times on a file to those specified

touch -t 201412250801.59 {{filename}} touch -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{filename}}

  • Set the times on a file to match those on second file

touch -r {{filename2}} {{filename}}