TOUCH(1)                             BSD                              TOUCH(1)



NAME
     touch - update date last modified of a file

SYNOPSIS
     touch [ -c ] [ -f ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     touch attempts to set the modified date of each file.  If file exists,
     touch reads a character from the file and writes it back.  If file does
     not exist, touch will attempt to create it.

OPTIONS
     -c        Do not create file if it does not exist.

     -f        Attempt to force the touch in spite of read and write
               permissions on file.

SEE ALSO
     utimes(2)