open (STDOUT, "|tee /var/tmp/IQOQ.txt");
&y_up; ##run yum update
sub y_up {
my $y = "/usr/bin/yum";
my $u = "update";

system("$y", "$u");

##</code><code>##

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)         
Update      67 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s) 

##</code><code>##

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)         
Update      67 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 114 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

##</code><code>##

close STDOUT;  #close the original STDOUT tee to file
open (STDOUT, ">/dev/tty"); #open STDOUT back to just the terminal
system("$y", "$u");
#my $rhup = `"$y" "$u"`;
my $err = $?>> 8;

open (STDOUT, "|tee -ai /var/tmp/IQOQ.txt");  #Now re-tee STDOUT since we aren't done