touch

Usage: touch [OPTION]... FILE...

Update the last-modified date on (or create) FILE(s).

Options:

-c Do not create files

Example:

$ ls -l /tmp/foo /bin/ls: /tmp/foo: No such file or directory $ touch /tmp/foo $ ls -l /tmp/foo -rw-rw-r-- 1 andersen andersen 0 Apr 15 01:11 /tmp/foo