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Is there a way to save the scrollback buffer to a file in urxvt?

Alternatively: Is there a way to copy the scrollback buffer to the X clipboard?

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up vote 2 down vote accepted

Check out:

  1. man -s1 urxvt
    read about print-pipe

  2. man -s7 urxvt
    read about ESC ] Ps;Pt ST, when Ps=55

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Awesome! I'm completely happy with print-pipe, so I didn't check the escape sequence, which is looking a little confusing... –  nidi Mar 9 '10 at 21:11
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