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31.\"     @(#)tee.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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33.Dd October 30, 2022
34.Dt TEE 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm tee
38.Nd duplicate standard input
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl ai
42.Op Ar
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility copies standard input to standard output,
47making a copy in zero or more files.
48The output is unbuffered.
49.Pp
50The following options are available:
51.Bl -tag -width indent
52.It Fl a
53Append the output to the files rather than
54overwriting them.
55.It Fl i
56Ignore the
57.Dv SIGINT
58signal.
59.El
60.Pp
61The following operands are available:
62.Bl -tag -width indent
63.It Ar file
64A pathname of an output
65.Ar file .
66.El
67.Pp
68The
69.Nm
70utility takes the default action for all signals,
71except in the event of the
72.Fl i
73option.
74.Sh EXIT STATUS
75.Ex -std
76.Sh EXAMPLES
77Send the echoed message both to stdout and to the
78.Pa greetings.txt
79file:
80.Bd -literal -offset indent
81$ echo "Hello" | tee greetings.txt
82Hello
83.Ed
84.Sh STANDARDS
85The
86.Nm
87utility is expected to be
88.St -p1003.2
89compatible.
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Nm
93command first appeared in
94.At v7 .
95