[TriLUG] ASCII screenshot

[Mike Johnson]

Chris Knowles [knowlesc at telocity.com] wrote:
> Is there a way on a box without X, and without the ability to ssh to it,
> to take a screenshot?  Basically what I want is a "picture" of the text
> on the screen.  
> 
> (So a txt file that has the screen in it.)
> 
> I'd be really surprised if there is such a thing, but I had the need for
> it today, so I thought I'd ask.

What are you really after here?  Run a command and save the output?  If
so, look at 'script'.

Basically, run 'script /tmp/output.txt', then run your command, and hit
'ctrl-d' to exit.  You'll then have the output in /tmp/output.txt.

Mike
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