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Output Redirection
>is the output redirection operator used for overwriting files that already exist in the directory or a new will be created.
ls > test.txt # creates test.txt that has ls information. echo "some string" > test.txt # overwrites test.txt with 'some string' cat test.txt # it will be # files... # folders... # some string
>>is an output operator as well, but, it appends the data provided to the file.
echo "hello" >> test2.txt # creates test2.txt with 'hello' echo "world" >> test2.txt # appends 'world' to the test2.txt cat test2.txt # it will be # hello # world
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