Subj : Re: a huge favor [MPL]
To   : fang-castro
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Thu Oct 28 2021 05:26 pm

On 28 Oct 2021, MeaTLoTioN said the following...

Me>  fa> This is true! I could even make a shell script to delete the old
Me>  fa> welcome.txt before writing a new one. Or insert another (DD) command.
Me>
Me> You wouldn't need to delete the old file, as the redirection `>` is to
Me> replace, not append, so by definition you'll be creating a new file each
Me> time.

I forgot to add that if you use the redirection `>>` (double >) then that is what makes it append.

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