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Touch (command)

touch is a shell command that sets the modification timestamp of an existing file to be current – which on a Unix-based file system includes special files such as directories. If the input path does not specify an existing file, then it creates a new, regular file at the path.

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ShellCommandFileUnixFile system
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Developers
Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, Randy Smith, TSC, Microware, Apple, Digital Research, Novell, Kris Heidenstrom
License
coreutils: GPLv3+ FreeDOS: GPLv2 ReactOS: BSD-4-Clause BusyBox: GPL-2.0-only Toybox: 0BSD Plan 9: MIT License
Operating system
Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, FLEX, OS-9, Classic Mac OS, Windows, DR DOS, AROS, FreeDOS, ReactOS, KolibriOS, IBM i
Original author
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Platform
Cross-platform
Release
January 1979; 47 years ago (1979-01)

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Touch (command)

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples9
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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Touch (command)

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Developers · 1
Touch (command) → Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, Randy Smith, TSC, Microware, Apple, Digital Research, Novell, Kris Heidenstrom
License · 1
Touch (command) → coreutils: GPLv3+ FreeDOS: GPLv2 ReactOS: BSD-4-Clause BusyBox: GPL-2.0-only Toybox: 0BSD Plan 9: MIT License
Operating system · 1
Touch (command) → Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, FLEX, OS-9, Classic Mac OS, Windows, DR DOS, AROS, FreeDOS, ReactOS, KolibriOS, IBM i
Original author · 1
Touch (command) → AT&T Bell Laboratories
Platform · 1
Touch (command) → Cross-platform
Release · 1
Touch (command) → January 1979; 47 years ago (1979-01)
Type · 1
Touch (command) → Command
Written in · 1
Touch (command) → C

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file command unix modification path touch system current used time version mac os unix-like freedos kolibrios flex aros os-9 reactos

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Touch (command)DevelopersPaul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, Randy Smith, TSC, Microware, Apple, Digital Research, Novell, Kris Heidenstrom1.00infobox
Touch (command)Licensecoreutils: GPLv3+ FreeDOS: GPLv2 ReactOS: BSD-4-Clause BusyBox: GPL-2.0-only Toybox: 0BSD Plan 9: MIT License1.00infobox
Touch (command)Operating systemUnix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, FLEX, OS-9, Classic Mac OS, Windows, DR DOS, AROS, FreeDOS, ReactOS, KolibriOS, IBM i1.00infobox
Touch (command)Original authorAT&T Bell Laboratories1.00infobox
Touch (command)PlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
Touch (command)ReleaseJanuary 1979; 47 years ago (1979-01)1.00infobox
Touch (command)TypeCommand1.00infobox
Touch (command)Written inC1.00infobox
directoriesinstance ofwhich on a Unix-based file system includes special files0.80text

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