.Dd 2015-10-08 .Dt SPONGE 1 .Os sbase .Sh NAME .Nm sponge .Nd soak up standard input and write to a file .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm reads stdin completely, then writes the saved contents to .Ar file . This makes it possible to easily create pipes which read from and write to the same file. .Pp If .Ar file is a symbolic link, it writes to its destination instead.