1.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 8.\" 9.\" @(#)touch.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 06/27/91 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt TOUCH 1 13.Os 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm touch 16.Nd update date last modified of a file 17.Sh SYNOPSIS 18.Nm touch 19.Op Fl c 20.Op Fl f 21.Ar file ... 22.Sh DESCRIPTION 23The 24.Nm touch 25utility 26changes the modification and or access times 27of the given 28.Ar file . 29.Pp 30Available options: 31.Bl -tag -width Ds 32.It Fl c 33Do not create a specified file if it does not exist. 34Do not write any diagnostic messages concerning this 35condition. 36.It Fl f 37Attempt to force the 38.Nm touch 39in spite of read and write permissions on a 40.Ar file . 41.Sh SEE ALSO 42.Xr utimes 2 43.Sh HISTORY 44A 45.Nm 46command appeared in 47.At v7 . 48This command is 49.Ud . 50