# touch Create a file in the current or an already existent directory. It has no effect on existing files. Unlike GNU touch, the access time and the modified time are not updated. `-h`, `--help` Display help message. ## Examples Create a file in an empty folder. Then touch the file and list files again to observe that the modified time has not been updated. ```shell > ls > touch file.ext; ls ──────────┬───────────── name │ file.ext type │ File size │ 0 B modified │ 0 secs ago ──────────┴───────────── > touch file.ext; ls ──────────┬─────────── name │ file.ext type │ File size │ 0 B modified │ 10 secs ago ──────────┴─────────── ``` Create a file within an already existent folder. ```shell > mkdir dir > touch dir/file.ext; ls dir ──────────┬─────────── name │ dir/file.ext type │ File size │ 0 B modified │ 0 secs ago ──────────┴─────────── ```