filesystem

Creates one or more files.

Signature

> touch {flags} ...rest

Flags

• --reference, -r {string}: change the file or directory time to the time of the reference file/directory
• --modified, -m: change the modification time of the file or directory. If no reference file/directory is given, the current time is used
• --access, -a: change the access time of the file or directory. If no reference file/directory is given, the current time is used
• --no-create, -c: do not create the file if it does not exist
• --no-deref, -s: do not follow symlinks

Parameters

• ...rest: The file(s) to create.

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	nothing

Examples

Creates "fixture.json"

> touch fixture.json

Creates files a, b and c

> touch a b c

Changes the last modified time of "fixture.json" to today's date

> touch -m fixture.json

Changes the last modified time of file d and e to "fixture.json"'s last modified time

> touch -m -r fixture.json d e