Re: reading screen contents

[Torsten Hilgenberg <t.h@stud.uni-goettingen.de>]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:54:11AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
> Hi,
> can a program running on a text console read the current screen contents?
> 
> Robert Epprecht

Hi,

you could cat /dev/vcs?.

HTH, Torsten

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