# Unix file times Unix files store 3 time stamps: Modified, Accessed, Changed. These can be seen with `ls -l`. The `stat` command can list these times as well, particularly with something like `--format='%y'` `touch` can change times directly. To use the times of another file, provide it via the `-r` option, then constrain the times you want to change. For example the `-m` flag will only copy over the modified time