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31.Dd October 30, 2022
32.Dt TEE 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm tee
36.Nd duplicate standard input
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl ai
40.Op Ar
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility copies standard input to standard output,
45making a copy in zero or more files.
46The output is unbuffered.
47.Pp
48The following options are available:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
50.It Fl a
51Append the output to the files rather than
52overwriting them.
53.It Fl i
54Ignore the
55.Dv SIGINT
56signal.
57.El
58.Pp
59The following operands are available:
60.Bl -tag -width indent
61.It Ar file
62A pathname of an output
63.Ar file .
64.El
65.Pp
66The
67.Nm
68utility takes the default action for all signals,
69except in the event of the
70.Fl i
71option.
72.Sh EXIT STATUS
73.Ex -std
74.Sh EXAMPLES
75Send the echoed message both to stdout and to the
76.Pa greetings.txt
77file:
78.Bd -literal -offset indent
79$ echo "Hello" | tee greetings.txt
80Hello
81.Ed
82.Sh STANDARDS
83The
84.Nm
85utility is expected to be
86.St -p1003.2
87compatible.
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Nm
91command first appeared in
92.At v7 .
93