How can I write my input down to file?

Question

Recently, I needed to write my terminal output down. And I've read this question to find the answer. But now, I would like to write my commands down (which I type in terminal, for example:sudo apt update etc.) to store the history of what I have done earlier.

How can I save my input to file and simultaneously run this input?

P.S. script comprises too many rubbish of type: ^[[? ^[[m etc. I would like to get more simple way, which saves my commands only.

Are you perhaps asking about Capturing commands for documentation?? Or maybe just how to View history of commands run in terminal? — steeldriver, Sep 20 '23 at 19:40
Does this answer your question? Capturing commands for documentation? — karel, Sep 21 '23 at 01:42
Does this answer your question? How to both display a command line's output on console and save the output into a text file? — ubfan1, Sep 21 '23 at 15:21

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '23 at 19:29

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Use the tee command to write your input to a file and also to stdout, piped to your program. e.g. for bash:

tee foo |bash
ls
df
^c

So the foo file contains

ls
df

and bash outputs to your terminal.

answered Sep 20 '23 at 19:29

ubfan1

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