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