Dump interpreter history?

John Gordon gordon at panix.com
Fri Mar 25 17:25:51 EDT 2011


In <mailman.1266.1301087057.1189.python-list at python.org> "Ken D'Ambrosio" <ken at jots.org> writes:

> Hey, all.  A co-worker asked me a question, and I've got no idea how (or
> if) it can be done.  Bottom line: he'd like to save off the text from an
> interpreter session, his thinking being that you've already tried to get
> what you want, and now you just need to gussy it up in an editor.

If you're running on a unix system, run the "script" command before
starting the interpreter.  Then when you're finished with the interpreter,
type "exit" to end the script session.  This will create a file named
"typescript" containing all of the input and output which occurred.

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