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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)touch.1     6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH TOUCH 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: touch \- update date last modified of a file
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B touch
                      9: [
                     10: .B \-c
                     11: ]
                     12: [
                     13: .B \-f
                     14: ]
                     15: file ...
                     16: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     17: .I Touch
                     18: attempts to set the modified date of each
                     19: .IR file .
                     20: If a
                     21: .I file
                     22: exists,
                     23: this is done by reading a character from the file
                     24: and writing it back.
                     25: If a
                     26: .I file
                     27: does not exist,
                     28: an attempt will be made to create it unless the
                     29: .B \-c
                     30: option is specified.
                     31: The
                     32: .B \-f
                     33: option will attempt to force the touch
                     34: in spite of read and write permissions on a
                     35: .IR file .
                     36: .SH SEE\ ALSO
                     37: utimes(2)

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