moreutils [1] has some really cool programs for pipe handling. pee: tee standard input to pipes sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file ts: timestam

moreutils [1] has some really cool programs for pipe handling. pee: tee standard input to pipes sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file ts: timestamp standard input vipe: insert a text editor into a pipe [1] https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/ https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/