how to execute a command everytime I open a new terminal to my server

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I am trying to capture all my session logs into a file(s) , I am using "tee" command for doing it. However I want this as a automatic behaviour for all of my new sessions. Can anyone help me to find a way so whenever I open a new window following command get auto executed ? Additional info : I am using putty and am already aware that session can be captured from putty to my local computer. But here I am interested in capturing it to the server itself.

csh -l |tee my_session_`date +%F%T`

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '15 at 09:20

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You can add the command to the .bashrc file under the user's home directory.

$ echo "csh -l |tee my_session_`date +%F%T`" >> ~/.bashrc

Commands in .bashrc is executed everytime a new window is spawned.

answered Mar 18 '15 at 09:20

Santosh A

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can you give me exact syntax ? – Mar 18 '15 at 09:23
I am playing around .bashrc but not able to manage it yet. – Mar 18 '15 at 09:24
Just run the command mentioned in the answer on the command prompt. Show how have you edited the `.bashrc` file for more details. – Santosh A Mar 18 '15 at 09:25
worked well with my requirements! – Mar 18 '15 at 09:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 12:00

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Have you considered ttyrec ? Allows to record TTY activity in a text file.

answered Mar 18 '15 at 12:00

jderefinko

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not sure of the syntax to use it, Can you share it here ? also I tried script command and it is also working ,but the problem with script command is that it need graceful exit to store the output to a file – Mar 23 '15 at 13:01

how to execute a command everytime I open a new terminal to my server

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