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Alvin Lucillo

Recording terminal session with asciicinema

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You can use asciicinema to record your terminal session. For example, you may want to demo some commands to someone.

Installing the tool:

sudo apt install asciinema

Start recording with the command below:

asciinema rec demo.cast

asciinema: recording asciicast to demo.cast
asciinema: press <ctrl-d> or type "exit" when you're done

Type ctrl + d to terminate the recording:

asciinema: recording finished
asciinema: asciicast saved to demo.cast