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35.\"     @(#)tee.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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38.Dd November 13, 2007
39.Dt TEE 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm tee
43.Nd duplicate standard input
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl ai
47.Op Ar
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51utility copies standard input to standard output,
52making a copy in zero or more files.
53The output is unbuffered.
54.Pp
55The following options are available:
56.Bl -tag -width indent
57.It Fl a
58Append the output to the files rather than
59overwriting them.
60.It Fl i
61Ignore the
62.Dv SIGINT
63signal.
64.El
65.Pp
66The following operands are available:
67.Bl -tag -width indent
68.It Ar file
69A pathname of an output
70.Ar file .
71.El
72.Pp
73The
74.Nm
75utility takes the default action for all signals,
76except in the event of the
77.Fl i
78option.
79.Sh EXIT STATUS
80.Ex -std
81.Sh STANDARDS
82The
83.Nm
84utility is expected to be
85.St -p1003.2
86compatible.
87