bash: Don't allow stdout redirection to overwrite existing files

diff --git a/.bash/interactive b/.bash/interactive
index 88d6f34ae3ba2dc67a82a51729db9713ce9d4935..cc4ca57eb9e4565a211d989710aba8ad6f23236c 100644 (file)
--- a/.bash/interactive
+++ b/.bash/interactive
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ shopt -s checkwinsize
 # Don't attempt to tab-complete an empty line
 shopt -s no_empty_cmd_completion
 
-
+# Prevent overwriting existing files on stdout redirection
+set -o noclobber
 
 # Local customisations
 [ -r "${HOME}/.bash/interactive_local" ] && source "${HOME}/.bash/interactive_local"