I am looking for an app that would run from the terminal and would emulate a bash shell (or pass everything to the shell) that would allow me to set a log file and then record all my input and the output to the screen from the commands. As an added bonus if it would allow me to run it from two terminals (or more) on the same machine and log all the input and output to the same file while still displaying it on the screen that would be great. The goal being that when making changes or diagnosing a problem it can sometimes become hard to tell what command came when especially when you have more than one termial session open. While using putty with a really large buffer helps it doesn't deal well with the two terminal issue or disconnected sessions. Anyone know of an app like this or any suggestions that could be added to my bashrc to provide the functionality? Thanks, Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080620/2b702d8b/attachment-0002.html>
Hi! Rob Lines wrote:> I am looking for an app that would run from the terminal and would > emulate a bash shell (or pass everything to the shell) that would allow > me to set a log file and then record all my input and the output to the > screen from the commands. As an added bonus if it would allow me to run > it from two terminals (or more) on the same machine and log all the > input and output to the same file while still displaying it on the > screen that would be great. The goal being that when making changes or > diagnosing a problem it can sometimes become hard to tell what command > came when especially when you have more than one termial session open. > While using putty with a really large buffer helps it doesn't deal well > with the two terminal issue or disconnected sessions. > > Anyone know of an app like this or any suggestions that could be added > to my bashrc to provide the functionality?old and mature "screen". You can share console with anybody you want, you can log everything to logfile and do whatever you want, 'cause you still in plain shell. With best regards, Sergey.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Rob Lines <rlinesseagate at gmail.com> wrote:> I am looking for an app that would run from the terminal and would emulate > a bash shell (or pass everything to the shell) that would allow me to set a > log file and then record all my input and the output to the screen from the > commands. As an added bonus if it would allow me to run it from two > terminals (or more) on the same machine and log all the input and output to > the same file while still displaying it on the screen that would be great. > The goal being that when making changes or diagnosing a problem it can > sometimes become hard to tell what command came when especially when you > have more than one termial session open. While using putty with a really > large buffer helps it doesn't deal well with the two terminal issue or > disconnected sessions. > > Anyone know of an app like this or any suggestions that could be added to > my bashrc to provide the functionality? > > Thanks, > Rob >I recently need something similar, but wanted everything sent to a remote syslog server. A friend of my suggested install rootsh or sudosu as the shell and wrap it in a script that pipes everything to syslog using a script like this http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/sysadmin/2006/10/12/httpd-syslog.html I haven't had time to set it up, but it seems like it could work. If you didn't want remote syslog, just pipe it to a local file. -- -matt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080620/00f22155/attachment-0002.html>
2008/6/20 Rob Lines <rlinesseagate at gmail.com>:> I am looking for an app that would run from the terminal and would emulate > a bash shell (or pass everything to the shell) that would allow me to set a > log file and then record all my input and the output to the screen from the > commands. As an added bonus if it would allow me to run it from two > terminals (or more) on the same machine and log all the input and output to > the same file while still displaying it on the screen that would be great. > The goal being that when making changes or diagnosing a problem it can > sometimes become hard to tell what command came when especially when you > have more than one termial session open. While using putty with a really > large buffer helps it doesn't deal well with the two terminal issue or > disconnected sessions. > > Anyone know of an app like this or any suggestions that could be added to > my bashrc to provide the functionality? > > Thanks,Hi Rob, screen as already mentioned, also script, and if you are doing it to monitor other activities other than yours ttysnoop http://freshmeat.net/projects/ttysnoop/, for putty there is tabbed putty btw @ http://puttycm.free.fr/ regards Walid -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080620/18783571/attachment-0002.html>
Rob Lines wrote:> Anyone know of an app like this or any suggestions that could be added to my > bashrc to provide the functionality?I use script for this purpose from the manpage: Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1). nate