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31.\"     @(#)tee.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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34.Dd October 30, 2022
35.Dt TEE 1
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm tee
39.Nd duplicate standard input
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Fl ai
43.Op Ar
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47utility copies standard input to standard output,
48making a copy in zero or more files.
49The output is unbuffered.
50.Pp
51The following options are available:
52.Bl -tag -width indent
53.It Fl a
54Append the output to the files rather than
55overwriting them.
56.It Fl i
57Ignore the
58.Dv SIGINT
59signal.
60.El
61.Pp
62The following operands are available:
63.Bl -tag -width indent
64.It Ar file
65A pathname of an output
66.Ar file .
67.El
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71utility takes the default action for all signals,
72except in the event of the
73.Fl i
74option.
75.Sh EXIT STATUS
76.Ex -std
77.Sh EXAMPLES
78Send the echoed message both to stdout and to the
79.Pa greetings.txt
80file:
81.Bd -literal -offset indent
82$ echo "Hello" | tee greetings.txt
83Hello
84.Ed
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Nm
88utility is expected to be
89.St -p1003.2
90compatible.
91.Sh HISTORY
92The
93.Nm
94command first appeared in
95.At v7 .
96