El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 23:20, Nigel Henry escribió: > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:29, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 19:40 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 18:24, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > > > > El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 18:09, Nigel Henry escribió: > > > > > I can ssh into my other machine ok, and can edit files, etc, which > > > > > is no problem. > > > > > > > > > > What I would like to do is to have access to what is currently > > > > > displayed on the CLI (Konsole) on machine B. As an example. I run > > > > > apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade on machine B, which runs > > > > > to completion. The history is still on the CLI. I now need to post > > > > > the history from the CLI on machine B to a mailing list. The email > > > > > client (Kmail) is on machine A. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to display the history that's on the CLI on machine > > > > > B on machine A, so that I can simply highlight the text, then paste > > > > > it to Kmails composer on machine A? > > > > > > > > > > Both machines are next to one another, but at the moment I have to > > > > > save the CLI history on machine B as a text file, ssh into B from > > > > > A, and use nano to display the text file, before I can highlight, > > > > > and paste the text into Kmails composer. > > > > > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > > > Well, If I didn't misunderstand your scenario, what if you use, for > > > > instace > > > > > > > > >> in order to redirect output of machine B and then copy it to > > > > >> machine A? > > > > > > > > By scp or whatever. > > > > That's to say, using your example above: 'apt-get update && apt-get > > > > dist-upgrade >> foo.txt' > > > > > > I may be wrong, but don't think that will work. I have already run > > > apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade, and the upgrade has > > > completed. All I have left on the CLI is the output from what has been > > > done. If I run those commands again I will have an output showing no > > > further updates. > > > > > > > Maybe you could use 'screen -RD', which will allow you to see what > > > > happened on machine B even if you're not in front of the computer of > > > > machine A, or just machine A is not turned on. > > > > I supposed you to know how screen works, don't you? > > > > > > No I'm not familiar with screen. > > > > > > Perhaps I didn't explain the problem too well. I need to be able to > > > view what is currently displayed on the CLI (KDE's Konsole) on machine > > > B. I am working on machine A, and need to view KDE's Konsole on machine > > > B. > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > One of us is confused. If you ssh from B to A then what you do on A is > > seen in the terminal window on B. I assume the reason you just don't > > copy it from the terminal window on B into your kmail mail message is > > you can't see all of the putput at the same time. Another option is the > > script command which will allow everything that happens in the terminal > > window be captured in a file called typescript. > > > > -- > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Ok. I'll try this again. I have text on machine B's Konsole, and wish to > view this text from machine A so that I can use some of it as a reply to a > mailing list. If I downloaded email to machine B, as well as machine A this > wouldn't be a problem, but I don't, and all the email arrives on machine A. screen screen screen screen screen, did I write screen? ;-) -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
