touch
Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/touch>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/touch.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install coreutils
- Ubuntu
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apt-get install coreutils
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Alpine
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apk add coreutils
- Arch Linux
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pacman -S coreutils
- Kali Linux
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apt-get install coreutils
- CentOS
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yum install coreutils
- Fedora
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dnf install coreutils
- Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install coreutils
- OS X
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brew install coreutils
- Raspbian
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apt-get install coreutils
- Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/touch
- Docker
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docker run cmd.cat/touch touch
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Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/touch>.
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Create a new empty file(s) or change the times for existing file(s) to current time:
touch path/to/file
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Set the times on a file to a specific date and time:
touch -t YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS path/to/file
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Set the time on a file to one hour in the past:
touch -d "-1 hour" path/to/file
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Use the times from a file to set the times on a second file:
touch -r path/to/file1 path/to/file2
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Create multiple files:
touch path/to/file{1,2,3}.txt
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