touch

touch - change file timestamps.


Create an empty file:

touch file1.txt

Create multiple files:

touch file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

Change file access and modification time (sets the current date and time):

touch -a file1.txt

Avoid creating new file if it does not exists:

touch -c file1.txt

Change file modification time:

touch -m file1.txt

Set access and modification times:

touch -t YYMMDDHHMM file1.txt

Copy the timestamp from another file:

touch -r file1.txt file2.txt