TEE(1)                     Commands and Applications                    TEE(1)

NAME

       tee - Pipe fitting.

SYNOPSIS

       tee [ -aviV ] file1 [ file2...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       The tee utility copies standard input to standard output, making a copy
       in file1, file2, etc.  The standard output is  by  default  unbuffered,
       while output to the files is fully buffered

       The following options are available:

              -a     Append  the  output  to the files rather than overwriting
                     them.

              -b     Use line buffering on  stdin  and  stdout.   By  default,
                     there is no buffering on these two streams.

              -i     Ignore the SIGINT signal.

              -V     Show version and usage information, then exit.

       The tee utility takes the default action for all signals, except in the
       event of the -i option.

       If an error occurs while reading stdin, only the first  specified  file
       will contain the output up to that point.

       The return value is 0 on success, and 1 if an error occurs.

VERSION

       This manual page documents tee version 1.3.

STANDARDS

       Tee is POSIX p1003.2 compatible.

HISTORY

       Tee  first appeared in GNO v1.x.  Version 1.1 and later were written by
       Devin Reade.



GNO                             5 October 1997                          TEE(1)