Sometimes, I want to create a file and want it to succeed only if the file wasn't previously there.
What about adding a complementary option to touch --no-create
which could be used like this?
$ touch --create file \
|| { echo "creating file failed" >&2; exit 1; }
I know the same could also be achieved with dd:
$ dd of=xx conv=excl status=none count=0 \
|| { echo "creating file failed" >&2; exit 1; }
but maybe it's worth adding to touch, too.
WDYT?
Have a nice day,
Berny
