TOUCH(1) TOUCH(1) NAME touch - set modification date of a file SYNOPSIS touch [ -c ] file ... DESCRIPTION Touch attempts to set the modification time of the files to the current time. If a file does not exist, it will be cre- ated unless option -c is present. SEE ALSO ls(1), stat(2), chmod(1) BUGS Touch will not touch directories. Page 1 Plan 9 (printed 9/8/24)