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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
+.TH TOUCH "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+touch \- change file timestamps
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B touch
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
+.PP
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+.TP
+\fB\-a\fR
+change only the access time
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-no\-create\fR
+do not create any files
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-date\fR=\fISTRING\fR
+parse STRING and use it instead of current time
+.TP
+\fB\-f\fR
+(ignored)
+.TP
+\fB\-m\fR
+change only the modification time
+.TP
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIFILE\fR
+use this file's times instead of current time
+.TP
+\fB\-t\fR STAMP
+use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
+.TP
+\fB\-\-time\fR=\fIWORD\fR
+change the specified time:
+WORD is access, atime, or use: equivalent to \fB\-a\fR
+WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to \fB\-m\fR
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.PP
+Note that the \fB\-d\fR and \fB\-t\fR options accept different time\-date formats.
+.PP
+If a FILE is \-, touch standard output.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+The full documentation for
+.B touch
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B touch
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info touch
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.