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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
| 5 | .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 7 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | |
| 8 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | |
| 9 | .\" are met: | |
| 10 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
| 11 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
| 12 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | |
| 13 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
| 14 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
| 15 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | |
| 16 | .\" must display the following acknowledgement: | |
| 17 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of | |
| 18 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. | |
| 19 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | |
| 20 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | |
| 21 | .\" without specific prior written permission. | |
| 22 | .\" | |
| 23 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | |
| 24 | .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | |
| 25 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | |
| 26 | .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE | |
| 27 | .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | |
| 28 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | |
| 29 | .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) | |
| 30 | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | |
| 31 | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | |
| 32 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | |
| 33 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | |
| 34 | .\" | |
| 35 | .\" @(#)tee.1 6.5 (Berkeley) 7/29/91 | |
| 36 | .\" | |
| 37 | .Dd July 29, 1991 | |
| 38 | .Dt TEE 1 | |
| 39 | .Os | |
| 40 | .Sh NAME | |
| 41 | .Nm tee | |
| 42 | .Nd Pipe fitting. | |
| 43 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 44 | .Nm tee | |
| 45 | .Op Fl ai | |
| 46 | .Op Ar file ... | |
| 47 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 48 | The | |
| 49 | .Nm tee | |
| 50 | utility copies standard input to standard output, | |
| 51 | making a copy in zero or more files. | |
| 52 | The output is unbuffered. | |
| 53 | .Pp | |
| 54 | The following options are available: | |
| 55 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| 56 | .It Fl a | |
| 57 | Append the output to the files rather than | |
| 58 | overwriting them. | |
| 59 | .It Fl i | |
| 60 | Ignore the | |
| 61 | .Dv SIGINT | |
| 62 | signal. | |
| 63 | .El | |
| 64 | .Pp | |
| 65 | The following operands are available: | |
| 66 | .Bl -tag -width file | |
| 67 | .It file | |
| 68 | A pathname of an output | |
| 69 | .Ar file . | |
| 70 | .El | |
| 71 | .Pp | |
| 72 | The | |
| 73 | .Nm tee | |
| 74 | utility takes the default action for all signals, | |
| 75 | except in the event of the | |
| 76 | .Fl i | |
| 77 | option. | |
| 78 | .Pp | |
| 79 | The | |
| 80 | .Nm tee | |
| 81 | utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. | |
| 82 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| 83 | The | |
| 84 | .Nm tee | |
| 85 | function is expected to be | |
| 86 | .Tn POSIX | |
| 87 | .St -p1003.2 | |
| 88 | compatible. |