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1.1       root        1: .TH TOUCH 1  "18 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: touch \- update date last modified of a file
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B touch
                      6: [
                      7: .B \-c
                      8: ]
                      9: [
                     10: .B \-f
                     11: ]
                     12: file ...
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Touch
                     15: attempts to set the modified date of each
                     16: .IR file .
                     17: If a
                     18: .I file
                     19: exists,
                     20: this is done by reading a character from the file
                     21: and writing it back.
                     22: If a
                     23: .I file
                     24: does not exist,
                     25: an attempt will be made to create it unless the
                     26: .B \-c
                     27: option is specified.
                     28: The
                     29: .B \-f
                     30: option will attempt to force the touch
                     31: in spite of read and write permissions on a
                     32: .IR file .
                     33: .SH SEE\ ALSO
                     34: utimes(2)

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