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TOUCH(1)                                                              TOUCH(1)
NAME
       touch - update date last modified of a file
SYNOPSIS
       touch [ -c ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
       Touch  attempts to set the modified date of each file.  This is done by
       reading a character from the file and writing it back.
       If a file does not exist, an attempt will be made to create  it  unless
       the -c option is specified.
                                                                      TOUCH(1)