Redirect output to multiple files, copies standard input to standard output and also to any files given as arguments. This is useful when you want not only to send some data down a pipe, but also to save a copy.
Syntax
tee [options]... [file]...
Options
-a
--append
Append standard input to the given files rather than overwriting
them.
-i
--ignore-interrupts'
Ignore interrupt signals.
Example:
ps -ax | tee processes.txt | more
If a file being written to does not already exist, it is created.
If a file being written to already exists, the data it previously contained
is overwritten unless the '-a' option is used.
The name tee is derived from plumbing terminology: T for a T-shaped pipe splitter.
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the
safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover"
~ Mark
Twain
Related linux commands:
echo - Display message on screen.
head - Output the first part of file(s)
less - Display output one screen at a time.
more - Display output one screen at a time .
pg - Display one page at a time.
Equivalents in Windows Batch/Perl Script - TEE Scripts