On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to generate "screen dumps" of bash > sessions? > > For example, let's say I have a test-mode application that asks for some > input and then outputs something in response. Is there a way to have > this whole exchange dumped to the printer, so that both the program > output and my manual input are copied to the printer? This would be > similar to the "screen dump" capability of DOS.
Look at the bash manpage, especially the section about i/o redirection. This may be a bit difficult for starters though. Or look at "tee" which is in package "shellutils". tee lets you redirect output from a process to a file, a printer, a terminal or whatever else unix thinks is a file. Or look at "script", which is in "bsdutils" and will save both input and output to a file. Script is probably the easiest. Just type "script", do you thing and when you're finished, type "exit" (or hit Ctrl-D) and you'll find the session transcript in a file called "typescript" (can change that with options.) Then you can look at that file and optionally edit it before printing it. Cheers, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
