How to copy command line text to a file?

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  Kaustubh Katdare

  You haven't mentioned whether you want the copy the contents manually or use commands to do so. Copying manually is easy. Assuming that you're in Windows environment, you'll have to right-click on the command prompt Window and select 'Mark'. Then select the text you want to copy and then Rt.Click -> Copy.
  
  I think you already know this. Please clarify your requirements.
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  Nayan Goenka

  After any command you execute, add this ">filename.txt". this will add the output of your command into thisfile. For ex:
  
  tracert CrazyEngineers > trace.txt
  
  This command will make a file trace.txt in your current working directory and copy all the output there instead of showing it on the screen.
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  Vishal Sharma

  I'm not being answered to what I've asked
  Leaving the manual stuff behind, I want to go for a programmatic way.
  
  

  After any command you execute, add this ">filename.txt". this will add the output of your command into thisfile. For ex:
  
  tracert CrazyEngineers > trace.txt
  
  This command will make a file trace.txt in your current working directory and copy all the output there instead of showing it on the screen.​

  yes, this works.. It is called re-directing and it works only with commands.. my question is not this. If something is already being displayed, that content should be moved to a text file. I think in linux we have script command to perform this kind of operation.. what about windows?
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  rukawa

  Vishal0203

  I think in linux we have script command to perform this kind of operation.. what about windows?

  
  What's the way to do this kind of operation in linux?
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  Vishal Sharma

  rukawa

  What's the way to do this kind of operation in linux?

  
  Script i think.. never used linux though.. got this suggestion from someone
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  sookie

  Have you tried doskey /history >> commands.log ?
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  KenJackson

  Vishal0203

  I think in linux we have script command to perform this kind of operation.. what about windows?

  Most things that you can do in Linux, including Script (Unix), you can do in the Cygwin environment in Windows. That is, download setup-x86.exe or setup-x86_64.exe from Cygwin and execute it to install a Linux-like tools for Windows. I couldn't use Windows without it.