How to print bash command output and save to file?

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I am writing bash script and inside I am executing a command. I want to save the output of the command to variable but also want to print the output of the command to the standard output. I dont want to print the variable once the command is completed. How can I achieve this ?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '19 at 19:30

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Try the following, it will print the output of your command and assign to variable.

VAR="$(your_command| tee /dev/tty)"

answered May 14 '19 at 19:30

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That's not printing *to standard output*, though, it's printing to the TTY. – Charles Duffy May 14 '19 at 19:30

How to print bash command output and save to file?

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