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script

Make a typescript file (a.k.a. log a.k.a. recording) of a terminal session.

Table of contents

1. TL;DR
2. Further readings
3. Sources

TL;DR

# Start recording.
# Defaults to a file named "typescript".
script
script -T 'timing.script' 'file.script'

# Record quietly.
# Avoids 'start' and 'done' messages.
script -q 'file.script'

# Stop recording.
exit
^D

# Append to an existing file.
script -a 'file.script'

# Flush output after each write.
script -f

# Replay the session.
scriptreplay -t 'timing.script' 'file.script'
scriptreplay -T 'timing.script' -B 'file.script'

Further readings

• 6 more terminal commands you should know
• man

Sources

All the references in the further readings section, plus the following:

• cheat.sh
• How to replay terminal sessions recorded with the Linux script command