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Cisco Support Tools 1.0 User Guide How to Use the Touch Utility 268
How to Use the Touch Utility
Use the Touch utility to change the creation date/time for any file.
To Access Touch from the Dashboard
To run Touch from the Support Tools Dashboard:
1. Use the System Select screen to select the system you want to work with.
2. From the Dashboard menu, select Cisco Common Tools > Touch.
3. In the Arguments field, enter desired arguments, as described in the Using
section below.
Note: When entering arguments, the Touch command is already implied. Do not
enter it in the Arguments field.
4. Specify the command duration time or accept the default (60 seconds). This is
the amount of time the command will attempt to run before terminating.
5. If desired, check Elevate Command Priority. This ensures the command will run
regardless of the level of server activity.
6. Click the Run button.
Using Touch
Touch displays the last <count> lines of each of the files listed on the line. If no files
are listed, display the last <count> lines of the standard input.
<count> defaults to 10.
Syntax
touch [ -c? ] [ mmddhhmm[yy] ] file1 ...
Command Line Options
The options for Touch are:
-c: Prevents touch from creating files that did not previously exist