.TH TOUCH 1 .SH NAME touch \- update date last modified of a file .SH SYNOPSIS .B touch [ .B \-c ] file ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Touch attempts to set the modified date of each .I file. This is done by reading a character from the file and writing it back. .PP If a .I file does not exist, an attempt will be made to create it unless the .B \-c option is specified.