Set Timestamp Using a Reference File with Linux Touch Command

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The Linux touch command can also set a file’s access and modification time by reading the timestamp information from another file. For example, the following touch command with the -r option will scan the timestamp information from reference.txt and set these timestamp values to file_name.txt. Here’s an example of the command:

   

touch -r reference.txt file_name.txt

   
   

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