How to: Snoop / View Other Linux Shell User Typescript of Terminal Session

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How to: Snoop / View Other Linux Shell User Typescript of Terminal Session

To view the typescript of another user's terminal session in Linux, you can use the script command.

The script command allows you to record a terminal session and save the output to a file, known as a typescript. You can then view the contents of the typescript file to see what the user typed and what was displayed on the terminal.

To use the script command, you will need to have the necessary permissions to access the user's terminal session and the typescript file.

For example, to start recording a terminal session and save the output to a file called typescript, you can use the following command:

$ script -f typescript

This will start recording the terminal session and save the output to the typescript file. To stop recording, you can press CTRL+D or type the exit command.

To view the contents of the typescript file, you can use the cat command or the less command.

For example, to view the contents of the typescript file using the cat command, you can use the following command:

$ cat typescript

Or, to view the contents of the typescript file using the less command, you can use the following command:

$ less typescript

This will display the contents of the typescript file, including all the commands that the user typed and the output that was displayed on the terminal.

Note that the script command only records the output of the terminal, not the input. This means that it will not record the user's password if they enter it on the terminal.

To record both the input and the output of a terminal session, you can use the scriptreplay command, which is a variant of the script command that includes both the input and the output in the typescript file.

Created Time:2017-10-29 22:08:42  Author:lautturi