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teetail

Like tee, but only the tail goes in the file

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Description

teetail works like the Unix tee command, but only writes the tail (last lines) of the output to a file. This is useful when you want to capture only the most recent output while still seeing everything on screen.

AI Summary

A tee variant that only writes the tail (last N lines) of piped output to a file while showing everything on stdout.

Capabilities

  • + Pipe output to both stdout and file like tee
  • + Only save the last N lines to the file
  • + Reduce log file sizes while maintaining recent output

Use When

  • → User wants tee functionality but only needs recent output in the file
  • → User wants to keep log files small

Avoid When

  • x User needs the complete output saved to file
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