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Re:Simple note taking from the command line by rhizome on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:23PM (#15387045)
A `cat -i` switch could be good.
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Re:Simple note taking from the command line by ConfucianNardin on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:41PM (#15393752)
A flag for cat won't help you - it's your shell that does the redirection. You're looking for `set -o noclobber` (same as `set -C`).
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Re:Simple note taking from the command line by rhizome on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:32PM (#15403735)
Ah, let's go with `> -i` then! :)
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