touch
Create files and set access/modification times. More information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.1/touch.
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Create specific files:
touch {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
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Set the file [a]ccess or [m]odification times to the current one and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist:
touch -c -{{a|m}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
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Set the file [t]ime to a specific value and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist:
touch -c -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
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Set the file time of a specific file to the time of anothe[r] file and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist:
touch -c -r {{~/.emacs}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
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