TOUCH(1) TOUCH(1) touch - change file timestamps touch []... ... . , -c -h. - touch . . -a -c, --no-create -d, --date= -f () -h, --no-dereference ( ) -m -r, --reference= -t [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] use specified time instead of current time, with a date-time format that differs from -d's --time= specify which time to change: access time (-a): 'access', 'atime', 'use'; modification time (-m): 'modify', 'mtime' --help --version DATE STRING The --date=STRING is a mostly free format human readable date string such as "Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:21:42 -0800" or "2004-02-29 16:21:42" or even "next Thursday". A date string may contain items indicating calendar date, time of day, time zone, day of week, relative time, relative date, and numbers. An empty string indicates the beginning of the day. The date string format is more complex than is easily documented here but is fully described in the info documentation. , , , . coreutils: Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3+: 3 . : . , . ,,info '(coreutils) touch invocation'" ; 3 . . , - TODO <>. coreutils 9.7 2025 TOUCH(1)