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# Display `ls` output to the user, but also write it to the given file.
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ls | tee outfile.txt
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# As above, but append the data; previous file's data remains intact while
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# new data is added at the end of the file.
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ls | tee -a outfile.txt
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# Pipe the standard output of a given command into `tee`, which then displays
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# it to the user and sending the data to files `one`, `two`, and `three`.
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[COMMAND] | tee one two three
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# Workaround to output data to a file, with root privileges.
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echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
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# Pipe the current Vim buffer to a shell process, which in this case is `tee`.
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# This is especially useful as a shortcut added to `.vimrc` or similar.
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:w !sudo tee %
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