Linux touch Command

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

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:

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

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.