Discussion on: Bash random password generator

[Ben Sinclair]

# Check if the log file is present and if not, create it
if [[ !log_file ]]; then
  touch ~/pass_log.txt
fi

You don't need to create a file in order to append to it - you can use >>| instead of >> later on and it will work.

[Alex Georgiev]

Hey,

That is indeed correct. It also saves code as well!

[Ben Sinclair]

Looks like I'm mixed up.

">>|" will force it on zsh. You don't need that (and it won't be recognised) on bash. Equally, you don't need to create a file on bash prior to writing to it.

I'm mixed up because I regularly use >| to force overwriting a file when I've got noclobber set...

[Alex Georgiev]

Hey,

That is correct! Thanks for sharing it.