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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Greg Pavelcak <gpav@som.umass.edu>
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Subject: Re: Reading Output of "command 2>&1 | mail ..." 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:38:52 EST."
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:38:52 EST, Greg Pavelcak wrote:

> cvsup -1 -g -L 2 supfiles/checkout/all 2>&1 | mail -s "CVSup: Checkout Sources " gp
> 
> It was taking longer than I expected, and I began to wonder if
> there is a way for me to see this output in progress without
> waiting for my mail.

Yup,

Use the tee(1) utility:

	cvsup -1 -g -L 2 supfiles/checkout/all 2>&1 | tee | \
	    mail -s "CVSup: Checkout Sources" gp

The backslash simply continues the line.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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