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

Despite NylonSmile's answer, which is "sort of" correct.. I was unable to overwrite files, in this manner..

echo "i know about Pipes, girlfriend" > thatAnswer

zsh: file exists: thatAnswer

to solve my issues.. I had to use... >!, á la..

[[ $FORCE_IT == 'YES' ]] && echo "$@" >! "$X" || echo "$@" > "$X"

Obviously, be careful with this...