How to Save the Output of a Command to a File in Linux Terminal

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When you run a command or script in the Linux terminal, it prints the output on the screen for your immediate viewing. There will be times when you need to save the output to a file for future references. Let me show you how.


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Use redirection to save command output to file in linux
1:25 Use tee command to display the output and save it to a file as well
2:00 End screen


What you will learn
1. Better ways to save the output of a shell script or command in Linux command line
2. How to use redirection to save command output to file in Linux
a. How to instead of showing the output on the screen, it goes to the provided file
b. How to redirects the command output to a file replacing any existing content on the file
c. How to redirects adds the command output at the end of the existing content (if any) of the file
d. How to Use the STDOUT redirection operator for redirecting the output to a file
e. How to save the output of a script or command without losing the content of existing file
f. How to use the redirection operation in append mode
3. How to Use tee command to display the output and save it to a file as well
a. How to solve the problem that when you send the output to a file, you cannot see it anymore on the display
b. How to send the output to the display as well as to a file
c. How to use the tee command in append mode with option -a
d. How to use methods to save the output of bash scripts as well











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