kautolog

Auto-log everything you see in every terminal tab on Kali/Linux using script(1). Captures prompt, commands, output, ANSI colors, and ncurses apps with optional timing/replay, tmux per-pane logs, logrotate, and rclone cloud sync.

Install

Recommended:

pipx install kautolog
kautolog install

This will:

• Hook into both ~/.bashrc and ~/.zshrc for Zsh and Bash auto-logging.
• Install kautolog-replay script into ~/.local/bin.

kautolog install Options

Flag	Default	Description
--logdir PATH	~/terminal-logs	Custom log output directory
--with-tmux	False	Add autologging to ~/.tmux.conf
--with-logrotate / --no-logrotate	True	Install user-level logrotate config
--with-sync remote:path	(none)	Enable rclone sync (e.g. gdrive:kautolog-logs)
--interval N	10	Sync interval in minutes for systemd timer

Replaying logs

To replay a session with timing:

kautolog replay ~/terminal-logs/2025/08/10/kali-33608-203123

To instantly dump the log without delay:

kautolog replay -i ~/terminal-logs/2025/08/10/kali-33608-203123

kautolog replay Options

Flag / Arg	Description	Notes
<log_base>	Path to .log file or base name (no extension)	Required
-i	Instant dump (no timing)	Just prints the .log file
-d <num>	Speed divisor (multiplier)	-d 2 = 2× faster, -d 10 = 10× faster, -d 0.5 = 2× slower
-m <secs>, --maxdelay <secs>	Maximum delay between lines	Clamps long pauses (e.g. -m 0.1)
--target <secs>	Normalize total replay to target duration	Auto-computes divisor; also sets --maxdelay 0.12 if not provided

Log Format

Logs are saved to:

~/terminal-logs/YYYY/MM/DD/hostname-PID-TIMESTAMP.log
~/terminal-logs/YYYY/MM/DD/hostname-PID-TIMESTAMP.timing

If --with-tmux is used, each tmux pane logs independently.

Enabling Automatic Log Cleanup (Optional)

By default, kautolog install places a logrotate config at:

~/.config/logrotate.d/terminal-logs

Most systems do not run logrotate from this location.
To enable automatic log cleanup, copy it to the system logrotate directory:

sudo cp ~/.config/logrotate.d/terminal-logs /etc/logrotate.d/terminal-logs

This will:

• Rotate logs daily
• Keep 14 days of logs
• Compress old logs
• Prevent unlimited disk usage

Uninstall

kautolog uninstall

Removes all shell hooks and scripts cleanly.

If you installed using pipx:

pipx uninstall kautolog

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License