touch
Create files and set access/modification times. More information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.1/touch.
- Create specific files:
touch
path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …