Linux touch Command

What is Linux touch Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use touch command in Linux. touch command is touch - change file timestamps.

touch Syntax#

touch [OPTION]... FILE...

touch Examples#

touch Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of touch command. touch command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for touch command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man touch

To open info page for touch command we can use command below.

info touch

To open help page from touch command we can run command below.

touch --help

Linux touch Command Source Code#

You can find touch command source code from the folowing repositories:

• touch source code on GitHub
• touch source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• touch source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use touch in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.