Dump terminal session to file? [closed]

Answer 1

If it's the output of a program that you want to capture and parse, simply redirect (>) it into a file

program_with_lots_of_output > output.log

and then parse it. Append a 2>&1 to that if you want standard error as well.

If you want a screen capture (i.e. including input), use the script program.

Answer 2

If you want the whole contents of the terminal history:

In the gnome-terminal menu, Edit > Select All and then Edit > Copy. (Or use your favorite keyboard shortcut for the copy.)

Then paste anywhere.

If you want just part of the history, select with your mouse and then copy.

Answer 3

You could use the unix script command to capture things as you go.

Answer 4

You may want to use the 'tee' command. Tee bifurcates out stdout and makes a copy out the output in a file. So you can see the output and have the output stored also. Example:

ls | tee ls_out