Thanks Bob for the reply. The thing is when I boot I directly get into the shell. I can't redirect this shell using telnet etc. Telnet would open a new shell which I don't want to use. And same is with redirecting the output to a text file.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Robert Bronsdon <reash...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:39:11 -0000, Ashmath Khan <hashmat.em...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 1. If I want to enter series of commands on the shell, I need to type >> it manually. How do I copy/paste into guest OS ? > > For copy/paste the guest needs the VBox drivers installed - which require X > running. As such I don't think you can get copy paste running through > virtualbox like that. > > What you might be better doing is using a program called 'Putty' on your > Windows host and ssh into the linux virtual machine. This is a defining > feature of *nix systems and if your sticking with a cli you might as well > use it. > >> 2. When I run a command, it outputs some text, and the window scrolls. >> I can't get back the scrolled text. Is there a way to save this as >> text file ? so that later I can open and view. > > This is a more generic *nix question. To direct the output into a text file > use '>'. > > So: > > ps -e > psoutput.txt > > you can then read the file using something like less > > less psoutput.txt > > what you call the file does not matter. > > The other "better" option would be to pipe the output of your command into > another. So instead of using a file just do: > > ps -e | less > > Hope that helps a little > > Rob > > > -- > Using Opera M2: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > vbox-users@virtualbox.org > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
