How can I log the command entered

[Oscar Koay]

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.

[Pramod_4]

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

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Oscar Koay :

Add the following in your .profile.

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

[Mike Stroyan]

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

[JACQUET]

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

[f. halili]

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

[Shannon Petry]

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