Listen "'touch' - change file timestamps - Video Man Pages"
Episode Synopsis
The 'touch' command is used to change file timestamps or to create empty files.- Create empty files: touch file1 file2 ...- Set file [a]ccess or [m]odification times to the current one: touch -a|m file1 file2 ...- Set file [a]ccess or [m]odification times to the current one but "don't create" files if they don't exist: touch -c -a|m file1 file2 ... NOTE Use 'stat file1' to view file info.- Set the file [t]ime to a specific value and don't create file if it doesn't exist: touch -c -t YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS file1 NOTE: touch -c -t 202511160813.00 file1- Set the files' timestamp to the reference file's timestamp: touch -r reference_file file1 file2 ...- Set the timestamp by parsing a string: touch -d "last year|5 hours|next thursday|nov 14|..." file1- Create multiple files with an increasing number: touch file{1..10}- Create multiple files with a letter range: touch file{a..z}- Cat a file that containts a list of filenames into touch: NOTE The file named "list" contains the following... #+begin_example file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt #+end_example cat list | xargs touch -OR- touch $(cat list)REFERENCED:► https://gitlab.com/dwt1/vidmanWANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotubeDT ON THE WEB:🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1 🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacsYour support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMIQwysKk1c
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