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Old 07-01-2008
change the time stamp of file

can we change the timestamp of a file to old date.

Code:
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     other        330 Jul  1 16:03     abc.txt

it shows creation time is 16.03 can i change it to previous time

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Last edited by rbatte1; 08-09-2016 at 05:10 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags
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Old 07-01-2008
Code:
man touch

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Old 07-01-2008
Yes. If you want to change the timestamp to Jul 1 12:25, the below command would do.

Code:
touch -t 200807011225 abc.txt

More info in
Code:
man touch

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