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# touch
> Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime).
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/touch-invocation.html>.
- Create a new empty file(s) or change the times for existing file(s) to current time:
`touch {{filename}}`
- Set the times on a file to a specific date and time:
`touch -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{filename}}`
- Use the times from a file to set the times on a second file:
`touch -r {{filename}} {{filename2}}`