bash also has a noclobber option, IIRC. It is to prevent overwriting existing files with the > redirection operator. Google: bash set noclobber option and b

bash also has a noclobber option, IIRC. It is to prevent overwriting existing files with the > redirection operator. Google: bash set noclobber option and bash set command and see https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-B...