Need to redirect to a file from sudo? Use sudo tee >/dev/null:
$ sudo ls -l /root >/root/files.list -bash: /root/files.list: Permission denied $ sudo ls -l /root | sudo tee /root/files.list >/dev/null $ sudo ls -l /root/files.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94 Oct 18 09:31 /root/files.list
Do you want to tee the output of a command to a file, but see it in your terminal too, without buffering? The stdbuf command can do this for you:
$ sudo stdbuf --output=L tcpdump -i any -tttt -n 'udp port 5353' | tee -a tcpdump-mdns
tcpdump: data link type LINUX_SLL2
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v[v]... for full protocol decode
listening on any, link-type LINUX_SLL2 (Linux cooked v2), snapshot length 262144 bytes
2023-06-15 11:55:16.637670 eth0 M IP 10.0.0.23.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 A (QM)? winnebago.local. (28)
2023-06-15 11:55:16.744660 eth0 M IP 10.0.0.42.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0*- [0q] 1/0/0 (Cache flush) A 10.0.0.42 (38)
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Are you writing a script and some command doesn’t accept hostnames and you don’t want to inline the IP address? dig +short is your friend!
$ dig +short gbenson.net 69.163.152.201
I discovered a new sed trick today:
sed -i~
“I” stands for “in place”. It edits the files in place! And makes a backup if you want!