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▲ bh0k4l 4 days ago

How I use the script command to read the output of the last command and ask an LLM for help:

The following custom command is executed for starting the terminal

  /usr/bin/zsh -c 'export SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME=$(date "+%m-%d-%y-%H-%M-%S-%N") && mkdir -p /tmp/script-log/ && script -f -q /tmp/script-log/$SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME'



  export SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME=$(date "+%m-%d-%y-%H-%M-%S-%N")
  mkdir -p /tmp/script-log/
  script -f -q /tmp/script-log/$SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME
The date sub-command creates a unique filename for the current session and stores it in SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME.

  export SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME=$(date "+%m-%d-%y-%H-%M-%S-%N")
Create a folder in /tmp/script-log/.

  mkdir -p /tmp/script-log/
Script then writes the current terminal session to that file.

  script -f -q /tmp/script-log/$SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME
Now any command run in this terminal knows where the last program wrote its output.

We can split the log at the last $PS1 prompt and feed the most recent chunk to a utility such as Simon W.'s llm.

Add the following to .zshrc (or …):

  alias z='tail -n 100 /tmp/script-log/$SCRIPT_LOG_FILE_NAME | llm -s "Fix it or similar" | pbcopy'
Essentially, run a command; if it fails, run z.
▲bmacho 4 days ago | parent [-]

On HN you can have a code block by adding 2 spaces before each line