using cat to putput data and save

i need to make a command with pipes where i sort a file and display the top 8 lines in the file then output it and saves the output

i have this so far

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sort -k 3,5 /home/brian.perry/uli101/data.txt | head -n 8 | cat > output.txt

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the bold part is where im guessing the problem is, it saves the output into output.txt but i dont see the output which is also what i need it to do.

Any suggestions?

Code:

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sort -k 3,5 /home/brian.perry/uli101/data.txt | head -n 8 > output.txt

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Just remove the "| cat" part.

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Mats

ya, i would but i need three commands using two pipes. For the last command i need to output and save the output i searched many times on google.

Actually, you have three commands and two pipes in what I posted, but here's one with another command and another pipe, if you prefer that:

Code:

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cat /home/brian.perry/uli101/data.txt | sort -k 3,5 | head -n 8 | cat > output.txt

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Mats

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For the assignment it should look like this cammand1 | command2 | command3.

thats what i meant sorry if i didnt make sense

What do you actually want? That you get the output both to the console and to a file? You can use tee for that.

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sort -k 3,5 /home/brian.perry/uli101/data.txt | head -n 8 | tee output.txt

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Thanks alot man that worked.

elegant code

useless post - despite the compliment