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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# touch
> Create files and set access/modification times.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/touch-invocation.html>.
- Create specific files:
`touch {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Set the file [a]ccess or [m]odification times to the current one and don't create file if it doesn't exist:
`touch {{[-c|--no-create]}} {{-a|-m}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Set the file [t]ime to a specific value and don't create file if it doesn't exist:
`touch {{[-c|--no-create]}} -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Set the files' timestamp to the reference file's timestamp, and do not create the file if it does not exist:
`touch {{[-c|--no-create]}} {{[-r|--reference]}} {{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Set the timestamp by parsing a string:
`touch {{[-d|--date]}} "{{last year|5 hours|next thursday|nov 14|...}}" {{path/to/file}}`
- Create multiple files with an increasing number:
`touch {{path/to/file{1..10}}}`
- Create multiple files with a letter range:
`touch {{path/to/file{a..z}}}`