[TriLUG] Capture Terminal Session without Control or Color Codes

[Brian via TriLUG]

Hi Alan,

What do you expect the output file to look like after capturing 
something non-linear (like a vi session)?  Not snark -- knowing what you 
want / expect to see might help suggest a good solution.

It might be that for capturing non-linear terminal activity, a "screen 
shot" (a one-off capture of the entire visible terminal text; in screen, 
this can be done by pressing Ctrl-a, h) at user-defined moments might be 
the best answer.  Otherwise, I'm not sure how a single log file would 
clearly describe something like navigating around in vi.

Cheers,
-Brian

On 12/1/22 16:59, Alan Sterger via TriLUG 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
>