Re: how can I find the terminal output

[Kyle <kyle@posteo.net>]

I have never used the command script, but I thought you might benefit from installing the tldr utility: whose name is short for "too long didn't read" It gives examples instead of all the unwanted details that man pages throw at you first even though they don't make a lick of sense without the right background knowledge and perspective. There are many implementations, but I like tealdeer.

  guix install tealdeer

Then type:

  tldr script

That produces a few examples for me.


On May 7, 2022 11:42:28 AM EDT, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Fri, 06 May 2022 at 20:18, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
>
>> How do I have to use "script"?
>
>Only you can answer. ;-)  The question is: what is your needs?  Do you
>need to record and track the output for each command?
>
>Personally, I only do that for the very rare cases when I am demoing.
>Otherwise, I only redirect the output of a command to a file using ’>’.
>
>
>> Do I have to enter "script" in the terminal before I start other 
>> commands, so that it will start to log my shell?
>
>Yes.
>
>> or can I, after a command with output, enter "script" and it will log my 
>> output in a file typescript?
>
>No.
>
>However, you can redo the same command to append the output to a
>previous ’typescript’.  For instance, in your terminal:
>
>        ls
>        script
>        ls
>        exit
>        pwd
>        script -a
>        cd /tmp/
>        ls
>        pwd
>        exit
>
>Then the file ’typescript’ contains the session (input and output)
>between ’script’ and ’exit’ (included).  Therefore, the first ’pwd’ will
>be not recorded.
>
>
>
>> I tried several times, but it didn't work. It didn't record anything, 
>> when I opened the file typescript.
>>
>> So can you show me an example how to use it?
>> What Options are useful?
>
>Well, have you read the manpage of ’script’?  Type ’man script’.
>
>
>Hope that helps,
>simon
>