can we change the timestamp of a file to old date.
-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
man touch
Yes. If you want to change the timestamp to Jul 1 12:25, the below command would do.
touch -t 200807011225 abc.txt
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