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ttyrec is a tiny terminal utility that does this on your terminal. It was released in 2000, it's one of those nice little gems one is glad to discover. It records and playbacks terminal sessions. The recorded files are in kb's. [1] It's simple to use. 'ttyrec filename' starts recording, ctrl-c to stop recording. 'ttyplay filename' to playback. Of course with asciinema.org, you get the benefit of an html player for the files, that you can link and playback on…
'script' also does something similar, and is one of the lesser known commands. from the man page: script makes a typescript of everything displayed on your ter‐ minal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the type‐ script file can be printed out later with lpr(1).
I think I was pushing the limits of what the service could handle with my fluid simulations. They're pretty choppy on first playback, but run smoothly the second time. Block - https://asciinema.org/a/125371 Waterfall - https://asciinema.org/a/125380
This is a really nice, and very compact, way of demonstrating the terminal in action. I used it to show off my 2002 version of ASCII pacman game, since no one's going to bother compiling it, and it'll eventually end up with bitrot. You can see me playing it (really badly!) at https://asciinema.org/a/723703
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