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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CHDATE 1
        !             2: .CT 1 files dirs
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: touch, chdate \- set modification or access date of a file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B touch
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -c
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I file ...
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B chdate
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -am
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .I date file ...
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Touch
        !            19: attempts to set the modification time of the
        !            20: .I files
        !            21: to the current time.
        !            22: If a
        !            23: .I file
        !            24: does not exist,
        !            25: it will be created unless option
        !            26: .B -c
        !            27: is present.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .I Chdate
        !            30: sets the access and modification times of
        !            31: .I files.
        !            32: The 
        !            33: .I date
        !            34: comprises two or more arguments: a month (3 letters or more),
        !            35: a day number, an optional time in hour:min[:sec] form, and an
        !            36: optional year.
        !            37: A missing year means a time in the last 12 months.
        !            38: The options are
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .B -a
        !            41: Change the access time only.
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: .B -m
        !            44: Change the modification time only.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: .I Chdate
        !            47: knows how to carry between fields of a date.
        !            48: Only a file's owner or the super-user can change its date.
        !            49: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            50: .EX
        !            51: .ta \w'chdate jul 4 12:00 1976 independence 'u
        !            52: chdate jul 4 12:00 1976 independence
        !            53: chdate jul -3 1976 independence        # backdate one week
        !            54: .EE
        !            55: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            56: .IR ls (1),
        !            57: .IR utime
        !            58: in
        !            59: .IR chmod (2),
        !            60: .IR stat (2),
        !            61: .IR timec (3),
        !            62: .IR chmod (1),
        !            63: .IR chown (8)
        !            64: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            65: .I Chdate
        !            66: returns the number of files on which the date
        !            67: could not be changed.
        !            68: .SH BUGS
        !            69: .I Touch
        !            70: will not touch directories.
        !            71: .PP
        !            72: The first
        !            73: .I file
        !            74: name for 
        !            75: .I chdate
        !            76: cannot begin with a digit.

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