Touch command in Linux/Unix

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I am having confusion in touch command while i execute "touch -m 0303 10 30 filename" it should actually update the modification time to 03 - march 03 - date 10 hours 30 - min But while executing it is creating 5 empty files named 03 03 10 30 filename I executed this command in OSX

You are not familiar with man?

stark
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2015-11-29 14:28:37 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 14:28 — stark
– stark, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 14:28

Yehia Awad · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-29 14:27:57Z

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Try this command line, Instead of taking the current time-stamp, you can explicitly specify the time using -t flag.

The format for specifying -t is [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]

touch -m -t 03041030 filename

answered Nov 29, 2015 at 14:27

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choroba · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-29 14:28:26Z

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Read man touch again. -m doesn't take any arguments, you have to add -t or -d (I'm not sure whether both options are available on OSX).

answered Nov 29, 2015 at 14:28

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