1.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)touch.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 04/23/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt TOUCH 1 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm touch 13.Nd update date last modified of a file 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm touch 16.Op Fl c 17.Op Fl f 18.Ar file ... 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20The 21.Nm touch 22utility 23changes the modification and or access times 24of the given 25.Ar file . 26.Pp 27Available options: 28.Bl -tag -width Ds 29.It Fl c 30Do not create a specified file if it does not exist. 31Do not write any diagnostic messages concerning this 32condition. 33.It Fl f 34Attempt to force the 35.Nm touch 36in spite of read and write permissions on a 37.Ar file . 38.Sh SEE ALSO 39.Xr utimes 2 40.Sh HISTORY 41A 42.Nm 43command appeared in 44.At v7 . 45This command is 46.Ud . 47