Terminal Output Logging Functionality

[Pistolieros]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Something that is really missing from the terminal is a logging option for all the output that is currently displayed in the screen. Either plain output or with timestamps of the time the command was issued. It can be saved either in raw format or saving also the colours and other characters from the terminal.

The problem is that there isn't a solid way to log the output on the terminal. On some linux devices you can use the script program but it is buggy and requires a lot of changes to make it work as intended. There are other terminal emulators that provide this functionality and it is amazing, as it allows to check all the logs of all sessions. One emulator that is doing this is MobaXterm. Below is an image from that feature settings.

I would like to add an option on the profile selection (or anywhere that is relevant) asking for similar parameters either where the red box is, or on the advanced tab. The feature should have the option to be enabled by default , select the format (plain or rich text) and the location of the files that will be saved. Also, it would be good to give the option to name the logs with parameters like: timestamp when the session started, username and host (like the title on the terminal windows). I am not sure if it is duplicate, i searched but i couldn't find a similar issue. If it is please close it

[j4james]

See issue #9700.

[carlos-zamora]

Thanks for the feature request! (and thanks for the link James!)

Linked this up as a nested item in #9700. I'll keep this open since I like having smaller chunks of work tracked across separate issues.

[csmikle]

Is this effort still alive?

[awfki]

Disappointed to discover auto-logging doesn't exist yet. Any ETA?