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"content": "Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later\n.\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
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"content": "Full documentation \nor available locally via: info '(coreutils) tee invocation'\n\nGNU coreutils 9.4 January 2026 TEE(1)",
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