Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.28+, H06.05+)

User Commands (t - u) touch(1)
EXIT VALUES
The return code from touch is the number of files for which the times could not be successfully
modified (including files that did not exist and were not created). If no errors occur, the exit
status is 0 (zero).
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: date(1).
Functions: utime(2).
Files: locale(4).
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