File management
touch
Creates empty files or updates timestamps.
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Verified: 2025-09-09
Syntax
$touch [OPTIONEN] DATEI...
Examples
$touch datei.txt
$touch -t 202001010000 datei.txt
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
touch --help
Note
Available on all Linux distributions
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