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layout: page
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category-page: intermediate
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category-title: Intermediate commands
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tags: tee output save
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author: Nicola Brunner
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title: tee
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---
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The <code>tee</code> command is used to split the output of a program, doing
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this the output can be displayed in the shell and in the same time written in a
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file. This is useful, for example, if we want to capture intermediate outputs of
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a long program.
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The command is named after the T-splitter used in plumbing, because they have
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similar functions.<br>
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<h3>Usage:</h3>
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The default tee command syntax is:
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<pre>
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tee [flags] [file]
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</pre>
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Where <code>[flags]</code> are the tee flags (below you will find more info),
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and argument <code>[file]</code> is a file or a list of files, each of which
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receives the output.<br>
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<h3>Flags:</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><code>-a</code> Appends the output to each file, rather than overwriting it.</li>
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<li><code>-i</code> Ignores interrupt signals.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Example:</h3>
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<pre>
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date | tee example.txt
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</pre>
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With this example, we can see that tee writes the date in
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<i>example.txt</i>, but shows also the output (in this case the date) in the shell.
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If you would prefer to have content appended instead of overwritten on the file,
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should use <code>-a</code> flag on <code>tee</code>.
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