Write to file, but overwrite it if it exists

Question

echo \"text\" >> \'Users/Name/Desktop/TheAccount.txt\'

How do I make it so it creates the file if it doesn\'t exist, but overwrites it if it

Answer 1

The >> redirection operator will append lines to the end of the specified file, where-as the single greater than > will empty and overwrite the file.

echo "text" > 'Users/Name/Desktop/TheAccount.txt'