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Refuse to overwrite an existing file with redirection
Bash Scripts: Noclobber makes a plain greater-than redirection fail when the target already exists.
Bash Scripts✓ Tested
Replace bytes at a known position in a binary file
C: Open in update mode and seek before writing a fixed-size replacement.
C✓ Tested
Copy a file without replacing an existing destination
C++: The default copy_file policy refuses to overwrite an existing destination.
C++✓ Tested
Inspect every command status in a pipeline
Bash Scripts: Copy PIPESTATUS immediately before another command overwrites it.
Bash Scripts✓ Tested