[TriLUG] Capture Terminal Session without Control or Color Codes

Steve Holton via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Thu Dec 1 17:46:16 EST 2022


Not sure if this will work for your application, but you might want to look
at https://asciinema.org/


On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 5:32 PM Aaron Morrison via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Look into ttyrec/ttyplay and script/scriptreplay commands. It’s been a
> decade or so since I’ve done this, but it should be possible. There should
> be options for recording the timings of the commands, etc. if needed as
> well.
>
> What I don’t remember off hand is how well they would filter escape
> sequences for you.
>
> --am
>
>
> > On Dec 1, 2022, at 14:05, Alan Sterger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Need to capture both sides of an ssh session for documentation including
> all in-session commands (like vi that redraws the screen).  Last time I did
> this used something like
> >
> > ssh user at server |tee /path/to/ssh/logfile.log However, received a lot
> of non-printable characters like Control and Color codes. Then spent a
> couple of hours running session output through various text filters. Local
> terminal is Ubuntu 20.04; ssh'ing to RHEL 7 if it matters. Any suggestions?
> -- Alan Sterger
> >
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