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Disable output redirection

How to disable output redirection

In output redirection, > means redirect and overwrite existing file content. To prevent accidentally overwriting important content, you can use the following command:

set -C

This will prompt when redirecting output to an existing file:

cannot overwrite existing file

If you need to force overwrite, you can use the >| symbol:

>|

To disable this feature, use:

set +C
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