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NAME

       touch - set modification date of a file

SYNOPSIS

       touch [ -c ] [ -t time ] file ...

DESCRIPTION

       Touch  attempts  to  set the modification time of the files to time (by
       default, the current time).  If a file  does  not  exist,  it  will  be
       created unless option -c is present.

SOURCE

       /src/cmd/touch.c

SEE ALSO

       ls(1), stat(3), chmod(1)

BUGS

       Touch will not touch directories.

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