I also regularly use <i>tee</i> to take copies of data from the middle of a complex pipeline, and I regularly pipe results into a a file, background the task, and then monitor with <i>tail</i> or <i>tail -f</i>.<p><pre><code> # complex_command > output_file &
# tail -f output_file
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This allows me to leave the ask running while I do other things, then come back and check on it latter. It also lets me use <i>ETA</i> to estimate when tasks will finish.<p>Typos:<p>"Here's my top 5 ..." should be "Here <i>are</i> my top 5 ..."<p>"At it's simplest ..." should be "At its simplest ..."<p>"... a single file in to many." should be "... a single file into many." Same error occurs shortly after.<p>"...a work on Awk ..." should be "...a word on AWK ..."