The "tee" command simply does what you say: it writes a copy to a file
as well as writing it to the console. You could get a similar result by
tail -f log_file
script_file >log_file &
Are you writing a script that needs to have two stream outputs? Or is it
important that you watch the script as it runs? If so, then your method
makes sense.
HTH,
g
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I do not understand the difference between these two commands:
script_file > log_file
script_file | tee log_file
As I understand, the first runs and redirects its standard output to a
log
file. The second runs and pipes its standard output to the tee command,
which copies its standard input into its standard output. I have been
instructed to use the latter, but dont want to do it blindly without
understanding why.
Thanks
Erik
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