Managing files across a remote connection, or sat at your desk, the Linux terminal is the place to be. Learn how one command can be used for two different purposes.

If you have a command that outputs a lot of data to the terminal, you might want to send that output to a file for easier (or later) viewing or sharing. Jack Wallen shows you how.

Once the file is available, the while command will exit and you can move on to the next step – probably using the file in some way or moving on to some other task once you’re sure the file is ...