touch is a standard Unix command that will work on any Unix-based system. It can be used to update or changes a file's (or directory's) time-stamp in regards to when it was last accessed and/or modified. It can also be used to create a new empty file. Touch syntax is as follows: touch [option] ...
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How can I “touch” a file from the Mac UI?
I've encountered a situation where a Mac user needs to update the modified time of a file. If I was doing this, I'd just open up Terminal, cd to the file, and use the touch command. However, the ...
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OneNote 2010 Pen Button Shortcuts?
I recently got a Wacom CTL460 (which included a pen with two buttons) and I installed Microsoft Office OneNote 2010. I've decided that hovering over the board would move the cursor, contact would be a ...
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Restarting a Rails Server
What exactly does this command do, in regards to running a Rails server?
~$ sudo touch restart.txt
I thought it restarts the Rails server, but it happens so fast when I run it, that I can hardly ...
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Touch Change Access, Modify AND Change
I know you can use "touch" to change the access and modify timestamps of a file using the "-t" flag but is it possible to change the "change" timestamp. If so how would I go about doing this? Thanks ...
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How do I add permissions to my tomcat.sh?
I have created a tomcat.sh file so that I can start and stop tomcat via the terminal. I placed the file inside the /bin folder and performed chmod u+x on it to make it executable.
But then when I ...
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Debian - LAMP Install
I am installing a LAMP install on Debian GNU/Linux and have been asked to enter the following command
sudo touch /var/www/info.php
I was just wondering if anyone could explain what it does.
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rsync directory complete but some files md5sum is different
I'm using rsync to copy a directory from host A to host B. After the rsync is completed successfully, I check the files with the directory and find that some files' md5sum is different but the ...
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How can I change the creation time of all a folder's files to the current time?
Under a Linux shell, how can I change the creation time of all a folder's files to the current time?
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Recursive touch command on BusyBox 1.01
I'm trying to write a bash script that will run on my QNap NAS to touch a directory recursively. I have this:
find $1 -exec touch {} +
However, find that comes with BusyBox 1.01 doesn't support the ...
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Windows recursive touch command
In Windows 7, how can I recursively touch all files in a directory (including subdirectories) in order to update the date/time stamp?
Does Windows 7 have a mechanism to accomplish this?
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Linux weird problem touch : command not found?
I occurred a really weired problem, which is touch : command not found.
I was going to create a blank file, so I type the touch command which didn't work.
I'm running centOS 5.
Any ideas?
BTW: the ...
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Setting file creation date in Mac OS X
I need a script to set the creation date to the modification date for a bunch of files created by my sound recorder - any way to do this? Running Mac OS X 10.4.11
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Windows equivalent of the Linux command 'touch'?
What do you use when you want to update the date-modified field of a file on Windows?
commands accessible via C++, .NET, C#, or something native to Windows (Vista preferably)
tools/applications ...
