$ echo 123 > /tmp/foo
$ touch /tmp/bar

$ streamlink httpstream://file:///tmp/foo best -o /tmp/bar
[cli][info] Found matching plugin http for URL httpstream://file:///tmp/foo
[cli][info] Available streams: live (worst, best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: live (http)
[cli][info] Writing output to
/tmp/bar
File /tmp/bar already exists! Overwrite it? [y/N]

$ streamlink httpstream://file:///tmp/foo best -o /tmp/bar --skip
[cli][info] Found matching plugin http for URL httpstream://file:///tmp/foo
[cli][info] Available streams: live (worst, best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: live (http)
[cli][info] Writing output to
/tmp/bar
[cli][error] File /tmp/bar already exists

$ streamlink httpstream://file:///tmp/foo best -o /tmp/bar --force --skip
[cli][info] Found matching plugin http for URL httpstream://file:///tmp/foo
[cli][info] Available streams: live (worst, best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: live (http)
[cli][info] Writing output to
/tmp/bar
[cli][error] File /tmp/bar already exists

$ streamlink httpstream://file:///tmp/foo best -o /tmp/bar --force
[cli][info] Found matching plugin http for URL httpstream://file:///tmp/foo
[cli][info] Available streams: live (worst, best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: live (http)
[cli][info] Writing output to
/tmp/bar
[cli][info] Stream ended
[cli][info] Closing currently open stream...
[download] Written 4 bytes to /tmp/bar (0s)