linux - Replace all content of file with the content of another file -


is there way replace content of file content of file without destroying first file?

if have file in current directory called myfile.txt, if following:

cp updatedfiles/myfile.txt myfile.txt

then old file deleted , replaced new file (with same name). not want delete existing file, want change content of file. how this?

cat updatedfiles/myfile.txt > myfile.txt

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