I run with "set -o noclobber". I know to use >| to redirect stdout and overwrite an existing file. But I often want to redirect both stdout and stderr to the same file. Which I do with the &> operator. But I cannot _easily_ redirect both and overwrite at the same time. I was expecting &>| to work, but it doesn't.
transcript: [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ set -o noclobber [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ touch x [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ echo >x bash: x: cannot overwrite existing file [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ echo x >|x [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ echo x &>x bash: x: cannot overwrite existing file [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ echo x &>|x bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|' this works [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ echo x >|x 2>&1 [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ [tsh009@it-johnmckown-linux junk]$ uname -a;bash --version Linux it-johnmckown-linux 3.18.3-201.fc21.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 19 15:59:31 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux GNU bash, version 4.3.33(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Yes, I'm a lazy typist. :-) -- He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown
