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touch

 
Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime). More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/touch.
 
  • Create a new empty file(s) or change the times for existing file(s) to current time:
     
    touch {{path/to/file}}
     
  • Set the times on a file to a specific date and time:
     
    touch -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{path/to/file}}
     
  • Set the time on a file to one hour in the past:
     
    touch -d "{{-1 hour}}" {{path/to/file}}
     
  • Use the times from a file to set the times on a second file:
     
    touch -r {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
     
  • Create multiple files:
     
    touch {{path/to/file{1,2,3}.txt}}

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