Unix log of users's entries 1

[ernieaw]

Is there more-than-one way to keep
a "log" file of a user's entries during
a session in an xterm ("Unix&quot window?

(1) I'm using Kornshell.
The user: ".profile" file has:
HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history

(2) So far, I am doing it this way:
using the Kornshell, with:

ksh<enter>
history > user_entries <enter>
cat user_entries <enter>


(2) or:
cat .sh_history <enter>


(3) Is there any other (simple)
way to do this.

Thanx, in advance.

 

[SamBones]

You can do a...
[tt]
tail -f ~username/.sh_history | tee userscmds.log
[/tt]
...to keep collecting the commands as they're entered. The [tt]-f[/tt] option of the [tt]tail[/tt] command means to &quot;follow&quot; the input. That means it will keep the history file open and collect anything that's added to it.

Piping it to [tt]tee[/tt] will let you both collect it in a log file and see it as it's coming across.

You'll need to be root for this to work.

Hope that helps.