#!/usr/bin/env miaou-bash

function write_text {
  for ((i = 0; i < 10000; i++)); do echo "this is plain text #$i"; done
}

{
  echo A
  echo B
}

rm -f _stdout
time write_text >_stdout
wc -l _stdout

echo -------
rm _stdout
time {
  write_text | tee /tmp/out.$$
  last_line=$(tail -n1 /tmp/out.$$)
  rm -f /tmp/out.$$
} >_stdout
wc -l _stdout

echo -------
echo "last_line = $last_line"