pee(1)

pee1

Tee standard input to pipes

Usage

pee [-- [no-] ignore-sigpipe] [-- [no-] ignore-write-errors] ["command" ...]

Overview

pee is like tee but for pipes. Each command is run and fed a copy of the standard input. The output of all commands is sent to stdout.

Note that while this is similar to tee, a copy of the input is not sent to stdout, like tee does. If that is desired, use pee cat ...

Options

FC--ignore-sigpipeF[0], FC--no-ignore-sigpipeF[0]

Do (not) ignore SIGPIPE. Any command started by pee might cause a SIGPIPE when it exists. If you ignore SIGPIPE, you probably also want to ignore write errors (see below). Ignoring SIGPIPE is the default behaviour.

FC--ignore-write-errorsF[0], FC--no-ignore-write-errorsF[0]

Do (not) ignore write errors. When a command started by pee is no more accepting data via the pipe between itself and pee, a write error occurs in pee. If this error is not ignored, pee is going to terminate all child processes and exists. Ignoring write errors is the default behaviour.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11–13
  9. Arch

--ignore-sigpipe until Debian 13 (Trixie); --ignore-write-errors until Debian 13 (Trixie); --no-ignore-sigpipe until Debian 13 (Trixie); --no-ignore-write-errors until Debian 13 (Trixie).

Author

Miek Gieben

From moreutils 0.70-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.