On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:46:47 +0100, David W Noon wrote:

> >Setting noclobber in /etc/profile.d/*shopts.sh avoids that particular
> >problem, as well was the one of accidentally nuking a file when you
> >meant to add to it with >>.  
> 
> Setting noclobber is fine for not obliterating the current contents of
> the file, but it does not help where the current contents need to be
> updated.  That is why I *always* use a text editor to modify
> configuration files.

True, sed is a good choice for that.


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Neil Bothwick

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