How to display CLI output on another machine

[Manuel Arostegui Ramirez]

El Lunes, 8 de Enero de 2007 19:42, Nigel Henry escribió:
> On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:44, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:25, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> > > El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 23:20, Nigel Henry escribió:
> > > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:29, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 19:40 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > > > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 18:24, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> > > > > > > El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 18:09, Nigel Henry escribió:
> > > > > > > > I can ssh into my other machine ok, and can edit files, etc,
> > > > > > > > which is no problem.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What I would like to do is to have access to what is
> > > > > > > > currently displayed on the CLI (Konsole) on machine B. As an
> > > > > > > > example. I run apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade on
> > > > > > > > machine B, which runs to completion. The history is still on
> > > > > > > > the CLI.  I now need to post the history from the CLI on
> > > > > > > > machine B to a mailing list. The email client (Kmail) is on
> > > > > > > > machine A.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Is there a way to display the history that's on the CLI on
> > > > > > > > machine B on machine A, so that I can simply highlight the
> > > > > > > > text, then paste it to Kmails composer on machine A?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Both machines are next to one another, but at the moment I
> > > > > > > > have to save the CLI history on machine B as a text file, ssh
> > > > > > > > into B from A, and use nano to display the text file, before
> > > > > > > > I can highlight, and paste the text into Kmails composer.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Nigel.
> > >
> > > screen screen screen screen screen, did I write screen? ;-)
> >
> > OK. Give me a bit of slack here. You quoted as below.
> >
> > Definetly, run a screen on machine B and work as usual, then ssh from A
> > to B and run screen -RD.
> > It will work from now on!! :-)
> >
> > I've only been working with Linux since 2003, and have lots to learn.
> >
> > What do I need to do to run screen on machine B?
> >
> > Nigel.
>
> Hi Manuel. Apologies for the "Give me a bit of slack" remark. It was late,
> and I was tired.
>
> Screen works well on machine B, and after ssh'ing into machine B from
> machine A screen -RD displays B's Konsole on A, but Konsole on B is closed
> for some reason. I havn't used screen before, so perhaps this is normal.
>
> Unfortunately screen would not have worked for my original situation. I had
> already run apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade on machine B, and this
> had run to completion of the upgrades. If I had then run screen, followed
> by apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade, the output on Konsole would
> have been different, as the upgrades had already been done.
>
> Thanks all the same for the "screen" suggestion. it would be nice if there
> was a way to open KDE's Konsole in screen mode, rather than having to open
> Konsole, and type screen everytime you use it, just in case there might be
> some output you want to have accessable on the other machine.
>
> Thanks Manuel for your suggestion.
>
> Nigel.
>

Hi Nigel.

Ok, besides that your problem could not be actually solved cause you did 
already the apt-get stuff...
I would like you to point me out why screen wouldn't works for you, at least, 
in future similar problems.
What's the difference between running apt-get (imagine the same sceneario) in 
a Konsole (KDE console) and running the same in a text terminal like the one 
you use when you connect via ssh?

All the best!
-- 
Manuel Arostegui Ramirez.

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