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Usage
asciinema is composed of multiple commands, similar to git, rails or
brew.
When you run asciinema with no arguments help message is displayed showing
all available commands with their options.
rec [filename]
Record terminal session.
This is the single most important command in asciinema, since it is how you utilize this tool's main job.
By running asciinema rec [filename] you start a new recording session. The
command (process) that is recorded can be specified with -c option (see
below), and defaults to $SHELL which is what you want in most cases.
Recording finishes when you exit the shell (hit Ctrl+D or type
exit). If the recorded process is not a shell then recording finishes when
the process exits.
If the filename argument is given then the resulting recording (called
asciicast)
is saved to a local file. It can later be replayed with asciinema play <filename> and/or uploaded to asciinema.org with asciinema upload <filename>. If the filename argument is omitted then (after asking for
confirmation) the resulting asciicast is uploaded to asciinema.org for further
playback in a web browser.
ASCIINEMA_REC=1 is added to recorded process environment variables. This
can be used by your shell's config file (.bashrc, .zshrc) to alter the
prompt or play a sound when shell is being recorded.
Available options:
-c, --command=<command>- Specify command to record, defaults to $SHELL-t, --title=<title>- Specify title of the asciicast-w, --max-wait=<sec>- Reduce recorded terminal inactivity to max seconds-y, --yes- Answer yes to all prompts (e.g. upload confirmation)
play <filename>
Replay recorded asciicast in a terminal.
This command replays given asciicast (as recorded by rec command) directly in
your terminal.
NOTE: it is recommended to run it in a terminal of dimensions not smaller than the one used for recording as there's no "transcoding" of control sequences for new terminal size.
Available options:
-w, --max-wait=<sec>- Reduce replayed terminal inactivity to max seconds
upload <filename>
Upload recorded asciicast to asciinema.org site.
This command uploads given asciicast (as recorded by rec command) to
asciinema.org for further playback in a web browser.
asciinema rec demo.json + asciinema play demo.json + asciinema upload demo.json is a nice combo for when you want to review an asciicast before
publishing it on asciinema.org.
auth
Assign local recorder token to asciinema.org account.
On every machine you install asciinema recorder, you get a new, unique API token. This command connects this local token with your asciinema.org account, and links all asciicasts recorded on this machine with the account.
This command displays the URL you should open in your web browser. If you never logged in to asciinema.org then your account will be created when opening the URL.
NOTE: it is necessary to do this if you want to edit or delete your recordings on asciinema.org.
You can synchronize your config file (which keeps the API token) across the machines but that's not necessary. You can assign new tokens to your account from as many machines as you want.