Store contents of every tmux pane using a shell script.
Shell script
Use the following shell script to capture the data. Inspect it to learn how to target each tmux session, window, and pane.
#!/bin/bash
# Store the contents of every tmux pane
#
# Get timestamp
timestamp="$(date +%s)"
# Get home dir
tmux_home_directory="$HOME"
# Define output directory
output_directory="${tmux_home_directory}/.tmux/logs/$(hostname -s)-${timestamp}"
# Create output directory
mkdir -p ${output_directory}
# Display output directory
echo "Output directory: ${output_directory}"
# Display date
date | tee "${output_directory}/date"
# Iterate over tmux sessions
tmux_sessions="$(tmux list-sessions -F "#{session_id}")"
for tmux_session in $tmux_sessions; do
tmux_session_name="$(tmux display-message -t "${tmux_session}" -p "#{session_name}")"
echo "Session: ${tmux_session_name} (${tmux_session})" | tee -a "${output_directory}/overview"
# Iterate over tmux windows
tmux_windows="$(tmux list-windows -F "#{window_id}" -t "${tmux_session}")"
for tmux_window in $tmux_windows; do
tmux_window_name="$(tmux display-message -t "${tmux_session}:${tmux_window}" -p "#{window_name}")"
echo " Window: ${tmux_window_name} (${tmux_window})" | tee -a "${output_directory}/overview"
# Iterate over tmux panes
tmux_panes="$(tmux list-panes -F "#{pane_id}" -t "${tmux_session}:${tmux_window}")"
for tmux_pane in $tmux_panes; do
tmux_pane_name="$(tmux display-message -c "${tmux_session}:${tmux_window}" -t "${tmux_pane}" -p "#{pane_title}")"
echo " Pane: ${tmux_pane_name} (${tmux_pane})" | tee -a "${output_directory}/overview"
tmux capture-pane -t "${tmux_pane}" -b temp-capture-buffer-${timestamp} -S -
tmux save-buffer -b temp-capture-buffer-${timestamp} "${output_directory}/${tmux_session}-${tmux_window}-${tmux_pane}.log"
tmux delete-buffer -b capture-buffer-${timestamp}
done
done
done
Usage
Execute the shell script.
$ tmux.sh
Output directory: /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696
Tue Jul 9 22:04:56 CEST 2019
Session: 2 ($2)
Window: bash (@3)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%11)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%12)
Session: 3 ($3)
Window: bash (@4)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%14)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%17)
Pane: mc [milosz@milosz-XPS-13-9343]:~/Projekty/blog/assets (%15)
Window: bash (@5)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%16)
Session: 4 ($4)
Window: bash (@7)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%20)
Session: 8 ($8)
Window: htop (@12)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%29)
Window: bash (@13)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%30)
Session: home ($0)
Window: vim (@0)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%2)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%6)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%19)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%8)
Window: bash (@1)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%7)
Window: bash (@6)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%18)
Session: work ($1)
Window: bash (@8)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%24)
Inspect created directory.
$ ll /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696 total 988 -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 41121 Jul 9 22:04 '$0-@0-%19.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 47072 Jul 9 22:04 '$0-@0-%2.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 42727 Jul 9 22:04 '$0-@0-%6.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 38352 Jul 9 22:04 '$0-@0-%8.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 10063 Jul 9 22:04 '$0-@1-%7.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 86257 Jul 9 22:04 '$0-@6-%18.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 4813 Jul 9 22:04 '$1-@8-%24.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 81861 Jul 9 22:04 '$2-@3-%11.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 144384 Jul 9 22:04 '$2-@3-%12.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 114458 Jul 9 22:04 '$3-@4-%14.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 141742 Jul 9 22:04 '$3-@4-%15.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 175881 Jul 9 22:04 '$3-@4-%17.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 142 Jul 9 22:04 '$3-@5-%16.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 95 Jul 9 22:04 '$4-@7-%20.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 17789 Jul 9 22:04 '$8-@12-%29.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 17066 Jul 9 22:04 '$8-@13-%30.log' -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 30 Jul 9 22:04 date -rw-rw-r-- 1 milosz milosz 894 Jul 9 22:04 overview
Inspect date.
$ cat /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696/date Tue Jul 9 22:04:56 CEST 2019
Inspect tmux overview.
$ cat /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696/overview
Session: 2 ($2)
Window: bash (@3)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%11)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%12)
Session: 3 ($3)
Window: bash (@4)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%14)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%17)
Pane: mc [milosz@milosz-XPS-13-9343]:~/Projekty/blog/assets (%15)
Window: bash (@5)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%16)
Session: 4 ($4)
Window: bash (@7)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%20)
Session: 8 ($8)
Window: htop (@12)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%29)
Window: bash (@13)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%30)
Session: home ($0)
Window: vim (@0)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%2)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%6)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%19)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%8)
Window: bash (@1)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%7)
Window: bash (@6)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%18)
Session: work ($1)
Window: bash (@8)
Pane: milosz-XPS-13-9343 (%24)
Inspect specific pane contents.
$ tail /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696/\$2-@3-%1* ==> /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696/$2-@3-%11.log <== "unconfined") (using servicehelper) Jul 3 00:02:23 milosz-XPS-13-9343 dbus-daemon[1230]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' Jul 3 00:03:19 milosz-XPS-13-9343 dbus-daemon[1230]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.11' (uid=0 pid=1476 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon " label="unconfined") Jul 3 00:03:19 milosz-XPS-13-9343 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service... Jul 3 00:03:19 milosz-XPS-13-9343 dbus-daemon[1230]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' ==> /home/milosz/.tmux/logs/milosz-XPS-13-9343-1562702696/$2-@3-%12.log <== 19567 --------> Process 19566 is writing to it using its 1 19567 --------> I am reading from it 19567 --------> File descriptor 1 points to pipe:[23699554] 19567 --------> I am writing to it 19567 --------> Process 19568 is reading it using its fd 0 19568 ----------> CMD: grep system 19568 ----------> File descriptor 0 points to pipe:[23699554] 19568 ----------> Process 19567 is writing to it using its 1 19568 ----------> I am reading from it
This is really cool!