Use "script" to record the commands you have executed

If you need documentation on the commands that you will perform on a linux shell, you can script to record it and store it in a file when you are finished:

138:myserver user$ script record.txt

Script started, output file is record.txt

bash-3.2$ whoami

user

bash-3.2$ exit

exit

Script done, output file is record.txt

138:myserver user$ cat record.txt 

Script started on Fri Jul 27 23:02:44 2012

bash-3.2$ whoami

user

bash-3.2$ exit

exit

Script done on Fri Jul 27 23:02:47 2012