topic How can I log the command entered in Operating System - HP-UX

How can I log the command entered

Oscar Koay — Fri, 17 Nov 2000 22:39:57 GMT

I am looking forward to log the commands that I have type on the shell into a log file, so that I can review what I had been done for that particular session. Like a trace back for me.

Thank you.

Re: How can I log the command entered

Pramod_4 — Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:11:48 GMT

Hi,

Consider using history option in K shell if you just want to log the commands used.

U can use the command "script" to log the enitre session which includes in/out and errors.

Regards,
Pramod

Re: How can I log the command entered

Madhu Sudhan_1 — Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:20:32 GMT

Oscar Koay :

Add the following in your .profile.

See the attachment.
Ensure your filesystem has long filenames enabled.

Re: How can I log the command entered

Mike Stroyan — Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:35:31 GMT

You can log all that you enter and the responses by using the "script" command. It will launch a new shell under a new pty and record all tty output in a file.
http://devresource.hp.com/STK/man/11.00/script_1.html

Re: How can I log the command entered

JACQUET — Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:15:00 GMT

Hi,

For "logging" all entries and commands from a shell, you could add in your shells lines like this (in ksh):

LOG=/tmp/log.txt
set -xv
exec 1>> $LOG 2>&1

Re: How can I log the command entered

f. halili — Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:19:42 GMT

1. You may check your .sh_history file if you are using korn shell.

2. You may also use "/usr/sbin/script"
# script -a my_tracefile

Re: How can I log the command entered

Shannon Petry — Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:27:22 GMT

Boy, all these remarks on Korn shell make it appear that it's the only shell supporting history... : (
In all shells, a history variable set to a number means to record that many commands. The histfile variable controlls where the file is located.
I.E.
BASH and KSH
>HISTORY=1024
>HISTFILE=$HOME/.history
CSH
>set HISTORY=1024
>set HISTFILE=$HOME/.history
For the fancy that want to save commands, use
HISTFILE=$HOME/.history-`date %d-m-%y`.

I agree that though that the script command is probably what you want, however note that the script command is very litteral. All garbage, typo's, etc are there. Be prepared to se ps -ef }^H^H| grep ls ^M, etc.....

Best regards,
Shannon