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How Can I Record a Log of a Terminal Session?

You can record a log of everything printed to a terminal session by using the "script" command. The usage is as follows:

% script logfile

This will output everything printed to the shell to the file "logfile" (You can name "logfile" whatever you want). This will overwrite the file each time it is run. To simply append the log to the end of this file, use the "-a" flag as shown here:

% script -a logfile

For more information on this command, type "man script" at the Eniac command prompt.

Note: For information on logging into Eniac, please see "How Do I Log Into Eniac?"

 

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