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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4566- September 11, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4566- September 11, 2025
 
SHARING STDIN/STDOUT ON 2 TERMINALS  
  
  
Ever wanted the standard input and standard output  
to be shared on two terminals?  
  
Try the following short script,  
  
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[ $# -lt 2 ] && echo "Usage: $0 program ttytodupon" && exit 2  
mytty=`tty`  
prog=$1  
othertty=$2  
sh -c "$prog|tee -a $mytty" 1>$othertty 2>&1 0>$othertty  
  
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