mgdm / htmlq

Like jq, but for HTML.
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Feature request: -O, --output-mode: specify clobber, noclobber, or append for output files #52

Open XLTechie opened 2 years ago

XLTechie commented 2 years ago

There is a -o switch, to specify an output file. However, there is no info in the readme/help, about what it does if the file already exists.

There are many possible ways to go. One potential one is:

The last is the option I need right now, which made me think of this. Yes, I know about >> shell redirection for append, but not everyone does, and that isn't practical in all scripting/piping scenarios.