Foe the ones, like me, who didn't know why you recommended that: By setting umask 077 first and then creating the file, the file gets created with the correct

Foe the ones, like me, who didn't know why you recommended that: By setting umask 077 first and then creating the file, the file gets created with the correct restrictive permissions (0600) in one step instead leaving the file readable for "everyone" for a moment.