How to redirect output to a file and stdout

Question

In bash, calling foo would display any output from that command on the stdout.

Calling foo > output would redirect any output from that

Answer 1

< command > |& tee filename # this will create a file "filename" with command status as a content, If a file already exists it will remove existed content and writes the command status.

< command > | tee >> filename # this will append status to the file but it doesn't print the command status on standard_output (screen).

I want to print something by using "echo" on screen and append that echoed data to a file

echo "hi there, Have to print this on screen and append to a file"