If changing both the access and modification times to the current time, touch can change the timestamps for files that the user running it does not own but has write permission for. Otherwise, the user must own the files.
"-a, --time=atime, --time=access, --time=use" Change the access time only.
"-c, --no-create" Do not create files that do not exist.
"-d, --date time" Use time (which can be in various common formats) instead of the current time. It can contain month names, timezones, `am' and `pm', etc.
-f Ignored; for compatibility with BSD versions of touch .
"-m, --time=mtime, --time=modify" Change the modification time only.
"-r, --file reference-file" Use the times of reference-file instead of the current time.
-t MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] Use the argument (months, days, hours, minutes, optional century and years, optional seconds) instead of the current time.
"--help" Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
"--version" Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.