Sim. Anexe |
ao operador de redirecionamento para formar >|
. Isso está em § 3.6.2 do Manual de Referência do Bash , q.v.
If the redirection operator is ‘>’, and the noclobber option to the set builtin has been enabled, the redirection will fail if the file whose name results from the expansion of word exists and is a regular file. If the redirection operator is ‘>|’, or the redirection operator is ‘>’ and the noclobber option is not enabled, the redirection is attempted even if the file named by word exists.
Visite este tutorial sobre a opção noclobber . Pode ser de ajuda.