diff --git a/coreutils/src/commands/tee.rs b/coreutils/src/commands/tee.rs
index e149097..ed8bf38 100644
--- a/coreutils/src/commands/tee.rs
+++ b/coreutils/src/commands/tee.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl Command for Tee {
         }
 
         let mut buffer = String::new();
-        while std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut buffer).unwrap_or(0) > 0 {
+        while boxutils::input::get_like_repl(&mut buffer) {
             for output in &mut writes {
                 let _ = output.write_all(buffer.as_bytes());
                 let _ = output.flush();
diff --git a/utils/src/input.rs b/utils/src/input.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfeb1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/src/input.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// this function makes it so that an EOF (commonly used in pipes) stops the repl
+pub fn get_like_repl(buffer: &mut String) -> bool {
+    std::io::stdin().read_line(buffer).unwrap_or(0) > 0
+}
diff --git a/utils/src/lib.rs b/utils/src/lib.rs
index 55df7ff..2cfa076 100644
--- a/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod args;
 pub mod commands;
+pub mod encoding;
+pub mod input;
 pub mod registry;
-pub mod encoding;
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