# \#cli

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## [Using asciinema for testing](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/using-asciinema-for-testing/923)

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**Author:** [@balupton](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/balupton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/using-asciinema-for-testing/923 "2026-02-08T05:33:40Z")

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I thought I had posted a thread or issue about this before, as this has been on my roadmap for a few years now, however any search is returning nothing, so forgive me if I’m posting again. I’m the author of bevry/doroth…

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## [V3 cli play equivalent for v2.2 play --stream=i option](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/v3-cli-play-equivalent-for-v2-2-play-stream-i-option/1049)

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**Author:** [@Pam](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/Pam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/v3-cli-play-equivalent-for-v2-2-play-stream-i-option/1049 "2025-11-16T05:10:07Z")

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In the blog post What's new in asciinema - part II: the recorder · asciinema blog there was a new feature for v2.2 asciinema rec --stdin demo.cast asciinema play --stream=i demo.cast | asciinema rec new.cast With the v…

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## [Testing the new Rust version of the asciinema CLI](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/testing-the-new-rust-version-of-the-asciinema-cli/778)

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**Author:** [@ku1ik](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ku1ik)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/testing-the-new-rust-version-of-the-asciinema-cli/778 "2025-08-27T14:59:16Z")

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Next major version of the asciinema CLI is a rewrite in Rust, and since this is a new codebase, we need to test it thoroughly on many systems and environments. It’s still in a work-in-progress shape, but reports of succe…

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## [Yet another tool to generate input](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/yet-another-tool-to-generate-input/1009)

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**Author:** [@russoz](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/russoz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/yet-another-tool-to-generate-input/1009 "2025-06-17T23:33:24Z")

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Hi everyone, I wanted to generate one of those terminal animations as a demo for my project (related to Ansible), and I wanted to do that: automatically (as in, repeatable-and-I-will-never have-type-those-things-again) …

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## [Markers in rc4 not working (but version 2 works)](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/markers-in-rc4-not-working-but-version-2-works/991)

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**Author:** [@tacman](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/tacman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/markers-in-rc4-not-working-but-version-2-works/991 "2025-05-25T15:24:28Z")

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My hotkey to save markers doesn’t seem to be working in rc4. cat ~/.config/asciinema/config \[api\] ; url = https://asciinema.example.com \[record\] ; Define hotkey for adding a marker, default: none add\_marker\_key = C-…

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## [Php snake (asciinema v3-rc4)](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/php-snake-asciinema-v3-rc4/993)

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**Author:** [@tacman](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/tacman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/php-snake-asciinema-v3-rc4/993 "2025-05-25T12:37:25Z")

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Just playing around with asciinema v3-rc4 with the Symfony console. Works great (except that I’m a lousy snake player!) https://asciinema.org/a/720749

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## [📺 tvmux - a tmux pane recorder](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/tvmux-a-tmux-pane-recorder/985)

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**Author:** [@bitplane](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/bitplane)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/tvmux-a-tmux-pane-recorder/985 "2025-05-20T23:16:34Z")

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:exclamation\_question\_mark: why!? I wanted to record my terminal development workflow, so I can later summarise it and tune models on me programming and using TUI apps. So I did a proof of concept of collection by record…

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## [Support Charm's VHS format as input](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/support-charms-vhs-format-as-input/885)

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**Author:** [@jameschensmith](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/jameschensmith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/support-charms-vhs-format-as-input/885 "2025-01-21T22:08:10Z")

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Summary It would be awesome if asciinema supported Charm’s VHS format as input and be able to convert it to asciicast. It would be incredibly useful for automating asciicasts (reproducible, up-to-date, etc.), which could…

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## [Support for Blink escape code \\e\[05m in agg](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/support-for-blink-escape-code-e-05m-in-agg/898)

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**Author:** [@rreignier](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/rreignier)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/support-for-blink-escape-code-e-05m-in-agg/898 "2025-01-21T15:08:53Z")

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I have noticed that the blink ANSI escape code (\\e\[05m) is not supported by the agg Gif generator. Example, running: echo -e "\\e\[05mBlink\\e\[0m" Does produce a blinking text in the Gif. Do you think that this is possi…

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## [Using asciinema as a daily terminal logger](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/using-asciinema-as-a-daily-terminal-logger/841)

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**Author:** [@stefanbringuier](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/stefanbringuier)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/using-asciinema-as-a-daily-terminal-logger/841 "2024-11-03T15:24:22Z")

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I just came across asciinema and really like it for capturing my command line workflows. One idea that I am exploring is using it as a daily logger for my terminal sessions. Basically, every time I start a terminal, I w…

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## [SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED on macOS 10.12.6](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/ssl-certificate-verify-failed-on-macos-10-12-6/862)

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**Author:** [@ok-coder1](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ok-coder1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/ssl-certificate-verify-failed-on-macos-10-12-6/862 "2024-10-10T10:11:21Z")

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Hi, I installed asciinema via pip3 but when I try to upload a recording this comes up: Users-iMac:~ User$ asciinema upload demo.cast asciinema: upload failed: \<urlopen error \[SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED\] certificat…

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## [Add Markers with Title from CLI](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/add-markers-with-title-from-cli/861)

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**Author:** [@cmprmsd](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/cmprmsd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/add-markers-with-title-from-cli/861 "2024-09-18T19:24:53Z")

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Hey there! Is it possible to label the markers from CLI? I only found the hotkey “add\_marker\_key = C-x”, which adds markers, but I want to add them programmatically. My use case is for each new prompt line I want to s…

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## [Rust rewrite of the asciinema CLI](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/rust-rewrite-of-the-asciinema-cli/777)

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**Author:** [@ku1ik](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ku1ik)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/rust-rewrite-of-the-asciinema-cli/777 "2024-02-08T21:09:14Z")

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Yes, it’s happening :slight\_smile: I’ve contemplated the rewrite of asciinema CLI for several years, but I didn’t have as many good reasons (and time) to justify it in the past. Python served us well for the last 12 yea…

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## [New \`stream\` command](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/new-stream-command/793)

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**Author:** [@ku1ik](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ku1ik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/new-stream-command/793 "2024-02-07T15:00:07Z")

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New asciinema stream feature has just landed: \`stream\` command by ku1ik · Pull Request #611 · asciinema/asciinema · GitHub :tada: As mentioned in The plan for the asciinema CLI 3.0, this is based on the refactored tst c…