Hi,

When one asks a question on this forum, the usual response are very
often.

What did you type, and what was the response.

How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer
to a file.

Regards
Anton Erasmus

Anton Erasmus wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When one asks a question on this forum, the usual response are very
> often.
>
> What did you type, and what was the response.
>
> How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
> after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
> the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer
> to a file.

man script

> Regards
> Anton Erasmus

Cool name, dude!


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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:26:02 +0200,
Anton Erasmus <junk@junk.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When one asks a question on this forum, the usual response are very
> often.
>
> What did you type, and what was the response.
>
> How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
> after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
> the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer
> to a file.

man script

Michael C.
--
mcsuper5@usol.com http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/
Registered Linux User #303915 http://counter.li.org/

Anton Erasmus <junk@junk.net> wrote:
> How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
> after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
> the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer

Copy and paste using the mouse.

> to a file.

Peter

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:26:02 +0200, Anton Erasmus <junk@junk.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> When one asks a question on this forum, the usual response are very
> often.
>
> What did you type, and what was the response.
>
> How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
> after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
> the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer
> to a file.
>
> Regards
> Anton Erasmus

Here's another tool to toss in your box.

To take a screenshot of whatever is on a particular tty, as root do:

cat /dev/vcsN > file

Where N is the number of the tty. You could change the ownership of
/dev/vcs to use it(them) as a user.

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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:26:02 +0200, Anton Erasmus
<junk@junk.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When one asks a question on this forum, the usual response are very
> often.
>
> What did you type, and what was the response.
>
> How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
> after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
> the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer
> to a file.
>
> Regards
> Anton Erasmus

If gpm is installed, you can copy and paste with the mouse.


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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:12:05 +0000, Jeroen Geilman
<nospam@notadaptr.nl> wrote:

>Anton Erasmus wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When one asks a question on this forum, the usual response are very
>> often.
>>
>> What did you type, and what was the response.
>>
>> How can one capture the input/output in the console buffer in a file
>> after one has typed commands and responses has been printed to
>> the console ? I.e. I want to save the contents of the console buffer
>> to a file.
>
>man script
>
>> Regards
>> Anton Erasmus
>
>Cool name, dude!

Thanks for all the answers.
I think I'll try script first.

About the name. I think you are probably one of the few that can
actually pronounce it correctly. I sometimes get very odd
pronunciation from english speakers. Luckely not as bad as
a colleague whos surname is Drijfhout. For the english speakers
Drijfhout is pronounced with the "ij" portion as the "ay" in say, and
the "ou" as the 'o' sound in "hope".

Regards
Anton Erasmus