what is the different between > and >!

[sedawk]

Hi,

> is conventional output pipe. >! basically has the same function. But what is the difference between them?

 

[thedaver]

Bash guide doesn't reference that output redirect

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/io-redirection.html

What shell are you using?

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[chipperMDW]

What shell and version are you using?

I don't see anything like that in the Bash manual.

I do see a Bash [tt]>|[/tt] operator, which basically overrides the noclobber setting. That is, when noclobber is on, [tt]>|[/tt] will write over the contents of an already existing file while [tt]>[/tt] will refuse to.

 

[sedawk]

My coworker solved this: >! is a C-shell command. Not BSh. It performs a redirection function.