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tee — Read from `stdin` and write to `stdout` and files (or commands). More information: <https://www.gnu.
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How to use the
tee command: Read from stdin and write to stdout and files (or commands). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/tee-invocation.html>.Solution
tee — Read from stdin and write to stdout and files (or commands). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/tee-invocation.html>.Copy
stdin to each file, and also to stdout:echo "example" | tee {{path/to/file}}Append to the given files, do not overwrite:
echo "example" | tee {{[-a|--append]}} {{path/to/file}}stdin to the terminal, and also pipe it into another program for further processing:echo "example" | tee {{/dev/tty}} | {{xargs printf "[%s]"}}Create a directory called "example", count the number of characters in "example", and write "example" to the terminal:
echo "example" | tee >(xargs mkdir) >(wc {{[-c|--bytes]}})Code Snippets
Copy `stdin` to each file, and also to `stdout`
echo "example" | tee {{path/to/file}}Append to the given files, do not overwrite
echo "example" | tee {{[-a|--append]}} {{path/to/file}}Print `stdin` to the terminal, and also pipe it into another program for further processing
echo "example" | tee {{/dev/tty}} | {{xargs printf "[%s]"}}Create a directory called "example", count the number of characters in "example", and write "example" to the terminal
echo "example" | tee >(xargs mkdir) >(wc {{[-c|--bytes]}})Context
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