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Documenting Unix commands on the command line

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Mar 15, 2026632 views
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Problem

I would like to append both the last command and the output of the last command to a text file for the purpose of a tutorial. For example: After I do an in my home directory I see this on the screen I want to then be able to enter a single command which will append the following to a textfile named…

Error Output

bguiz@sheen:~$ ls
Desktop     Music    Documents

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Fix for: Documenting Unix commands on the command line

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Rather simpler than the cleverness you've been trying: do what you want to document here then hit Control-d. You can edit the file at a later date to add annotations if you wish, and you can use to append more text to an existing file. The available…

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