I'm trying to capture all of the terminal output during an "in-place" upgrade of my Debian system. Here's the command I've tried to use:

$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --purge --auto-remove | tee upgrade_log.txt 

The upgrade process starts and runs OK - for a while. But there is a dialog (ncurses, I think) that appears some time after the upgrade begins. The problem is that I cannot use my keyboard to navigate the dialog; therefore the process "just sits there"... the upgrade process is stalled, and I effectively lose control of the terminal and the process.

I think this is a result of the pipe to tee that I've appended to the end of the apt full-upgrade command. The command runs successfully to conclusion, and I can interact with the dialog when the pipe to tee is not appended to the command.

However - the command generates a tremendous amount of output, and I'd like to have a copy of it to peruse, and guide my efforts to "clean up" afterwards.

I've looked at the tee docs, but do not see a solution. Is there no way to use tee to capture all of the terminal output to a file, and prevent it from interfering with the correct function of the dialog?

I'm trying to capture all of the terminal output during an in-place upgrade of my Debian system. Here's the command I've tried to use:

$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --purge --auto-remove | tee upgrade_log.txt 

The upgrade process starts and runs OK -- for a while. After some time, there is a dialog (ncurses-based, I think) that appears after the upgrade begins. The problem is that I cannot use my keyboard to navigate the dialog; therefore the process just sits there; the upgrade process is stalled, and I effectively lose control of the terminal and the process.

I think this is a result of the pipe to tee that I've appended to the end of the apt full-upgrade command. If I do not pipe to tee, the command runs successfully to conclusion and I can interact with the dialog.

The command generates a tremendous amount of output, and I'd like to have a copy of it to peruse, and to guide my efforts to clean up afterwards.

I've looked at the tee docs, but do not see a solution. Is there no way to use tee to capture all of the terminal output to a file and prevent it from interfering with the correct function of the dialog?

I'm trying to capture all of the terminal output during an "in-place" upgrade of my Debian system. Here's the command I've tried to use:

$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --purge --auto-remove | tee upgrade_log.txt 

The upgrade process starts and runs OK - for a while. But there is a dialog (ncurses, I think) that appears some time after the upgrade begins. The problem is that I cannot use my keyboard to navigate the dialog; therefore the process "just sits there"... the upgrade process is stalled, and I effectively lose control of the terminal and the process.

I think this is a result of the pipe to tee that I've appended to the end of the apt full-upgrade command. The command runs successfully to conclusion, and I can interact with the dialog when the pipe to tee is not appended to the command.

However - the command generates a tremendous amount of output, and I'd like to have a copy of it to peruse, and guide my efforts to "clean up" afterwards.

I've looked at the tee docs, but do not see a solution. Is there no way to use tee to capture all of the terminal output to a file, and prevent it from interfering with the correct function of the dialog?

I'm trying to capture all of the terminal output during an "in-place" upgrade of my Debian system. Here's the command I've tried to use:

$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --purge --auto-remove | tee upgrade_log.txt 

The upgrade process starts and runs OK - for a while. But there is a dialog (ncurses, I think) that appears some time after the upgrade begins. The problem is that I cannot use my keyboard to navigate the dialog; therefore the process "just sits there"... the upgrade process is stalled, and I effectively lose control of the terminal and the process.

I think this is a result of the pipe to tee that I've appended to the end of the apt full-upgrade command. The command runs successfully to conclusion, and I can interact with the dialog when the pipe to tee is not appended to the command.

However - the command generates a tremendous amount of output, and I'd like to have a copy of it to peruse, and guide my efforts to "clean up" afterwards.

I've looked at the tee docs, but do not see a solution. Is there no way to use tee to capture all of the terminal output to a file, and prevent it from interfering with the correct function of the dialog?

I'm trying to capture all of the terminal output during an "in-place" upgrade of my Debian system. Here's the command I've tried to use:

$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --purge --auto-remove | tee upgrade_log.txt 

The upgrade process starts and runs OK - for a while. But there is a dialog (ncurses, I think) that appears some time after the upgrade begins. The problem is that I cannot use my keyboard to navigate the dialog; therefore the process "just sits there"... the upgrade process is stalled, and I effectively lose control of the terminal and the process.

I think this is a result of the pipe to tee that I've appended to the end of the apt full-upgrade command. The command runs successfully to conclusion, and I can interact with the dialog when the pipe to tee is not appended to the command.

However - the command generates a tremendous amount of output, and I'd like to have a copy of it to peruse, and guide my efforts to "clean up" afterwards.

I've looked at the tee docs, but do not see a solution. Is there no way to use tee to capture all of the terminal output to a file, and prevent it from interfering with the correct function of the dialog?

I'm trying to capture all of the terminal output during an "in-place" upgrade of my Debian system. Here's the command I've tried to use:

$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --purge --auto-remove | tee upgrade_log.txt 

The upgrade process starts and runs OK - for a while. But there is a dialog (ncurses, I think) that appears some time after the upgrade begins. The problem is that I cannot use my keyboard to navigate the dialog; therefore the process "just sits there"... the upgrade process is stalled, and I effectively lose control of the terminal and the process.

I think this is a result of the pipe to tee that I've appended to the end of the apt full-upgrade command. The command runs successfully to conclusion, and I can interact with the dialog when the pipe to tee is not appended to the command.

However - the command generates a tremendous amount of output, and I'd like to have a copy of it to peruse, and guide my efforts to "clean up" afterwards.

I've looked at the tee docs, but do not see a solution. Is there no way to use tee to capture all of the terminal output to a file, and prevent it from interfering with the correct function of the dialog?