use tee command to redirect output to a file in a non-existent dir

Question

I am trying to use the tee command to redirect output to a file, and I want the file to be created in a dir which is yet to be created.

date | tee new_dir/new_fi         


        

Answer 1

Replace tee with a function that creates the directory for you:

tee() { mkdir -p ${1%/*} && command tee "$@"; }

If you want the function to work when invoked with a simple file name:

tee() { if test "$1" != "${1%/*}"; then mkdir -p ${1%/*}; fi &&
   command tee "$1"; }