Screen scrapping Terminal

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#1

I am trying to figure out how to save the contents of all my currently open terminal sessions to text file. I am still trying to grasp the applescript metaphor but in psuedo code this is what I would like to acomplish

for each terminal window
copy contents(text) of window to unique text file

Any suggestions for a starting point?

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#2

You could start with something like this:

property scrapFolder : path to desktop as text
property scrapNamePrefix : "Terminal scrap "

tell application "Terminal"
	launch
	
	repeat with i from 1 to (count windows)
		try
			open for access (scrapFolder & scrapNamePrefix & i & ".txt") with write permission
			set theFileRef to result
			
			get contents of window i
			write result to theFileRef
			close access theFileRef
		on error errorMsg number errorNum
			try
				close access theFileRef
			end try
			display dialog "Error (" & errorNum & "):" & return & return & errorMsg buttons "Cancel" default button 1 with icon caution
		end try
	end repeat
end tell

Note that this particular script will overwrite the text files that it generates.

#3

Dude…you rock. That was just the jumpstart i need. I can now become George Jetson(script myself out of an admin job)

Thanks