How to Record and Replay Linux Terminal Sessions using ‘script’ and ‘scriptreplay’ Commands

In this guide we are going to look at how to use a script and scriptreplay commands in Linux that can help you to record commands and their output printed on your terminal during a given session.

Record and Replay Linux Terminal Commands

The history command is a great command-line utility that helps users to store previous command used, though it does not store the output of a command.

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Therefore the script command comes in handy to provide you a powerful functionality that helps you to record everything that is printed on your terminal to a log_file. You can then refer to this file later on in case you want to view the output of a command in history from the log_file.

You can also replay commands that you recorded using the scriptreplay command by using a timing information.

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