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I am running commands remotely stuffing them into screen commands via SSH. Rather than type directly into the terminal displayed, I use remote SSH commands which are run by clicking a button in a GUI. I use the screen command because it allows me to see the terminal without having to type directly in it.

For every command executed I want the screen output to be saved to a specified file, in addition to being displayed on the terminal. Not all commands are necessarily executed by stuffing into the remote screen. The commands can be saved into a script which is uploaded to the remote computer and the screen stuff command used to run it.

How do I setup the command to save to a named file in addition to displaying the output as normal. Use of screen is a convenience but I am looking for a method which can work without screen/tmux being involved.

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  • Have you looked at the script command? Or if you want a more integrated solution, maybe asciinema.org ? – Stephen Harris Jul 15 '16 at 14:02
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    despite the gui, do you do something like ssh $host screen? If it's this simple, you could just tee the output into a file – Hachi Jul 15 '16 at 14:03
  • @Hachi Is it this simple? I looked up tee and it looks like it will do what I want. I thought I asked this kind of question before and didn't get an answer. I will try it out and get back to you. – vfclists Jul 15 '16 at 18:28
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In addition to what @Stephen Harris said, script command will write to a file but it will overwrite its contents each time you use it. Use script -a to append to it.

script will save everything in your terminal to a file.

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