The touch command of linux is not commonly used. Generally, it may be used when using make, to modify the file timestamp, or to create a new file that does not exist .
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1. Command format:
touch [options]... file...
2. Command parameters:
-a or --time=atime or --time=access or --time=use only changes the access time.
-c or --no-create do not create any documentation.
-d Use the specified datetime instead of the current time.
-f This parameter will be ignored and not processed, and it is only responsible for solving the compatibility problem of the touch command of the BSD version.
-m or --time=mtime or --time=modify only change the change time.
-r Set the date and time of the specified document or directory to be the same as the date and time of the referenced document or directory.
-t Use the specified datetime instead of the current time.
3. Command function:
The touch command parameters can change the date and time of the document or directory, including access time and change time.
4. Usage example:
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Example 1: Create a file that doesn't exist
Order:
touch log2012.log log2013.log
output:
[root@localhost test]# touch log2012.log log2013.log
[root@localhost test]# ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2012.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2013.log
If log2014.log does not exist, no file is created
[root@localhost test]# touch -c log2014.log
[root@localhost test]# ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2012.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2013.log
Example 2: Update log2012.log timestamp to be the same as log.log
Order:
touch -r log.log log2012.log
output:
[root@localhost test]# ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2012.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2013.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 14:48 log.log
[root@localhost test]# touch -r log.log log2012.log
[root@localhost test]# ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 14:48 log2012.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2013.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 14:48 log.log
Example 3: Setting the timestamp of a file
Order:
touch -t 201211142234.50 log.log
output:
[root@localhost test]# ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 14:48 log2012.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2013.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 14:48 log.log
[root@localhost test]# touch -t 201211142234.50 log.log
[root@localhost test]# ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 14:48 log2012.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 10-28 16:01 log2013.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-11-14 log.log
说明：
-t time 使用指定的时间值 time 作为指定文件相应时间戳记的新值．此处的 time规定为如下形式的十进制数:
[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
这里，CC为年数中的前两位，即”世纪数”；YY为年数的后两位，即某世纪中的年数．如果不给出CC的值，则touch 将把年数CCYY限定在1969--2068之内．MM为月数，DD为天将把年数CCYY限定在1969--2068之内．MM为月数，DD为天数，hh 为小时数(几点)，mm为分钟数，SS为秒数．此处秒的设定范围是0--61，这样可以处理闰秒．这些数字组成的时间是环境变量TZ指定的时区中的一个时 间．由于系统的限制，早于1970年1月1日的时间是错误的。