smart_script.sh

#!/bin/bash

# shellcheck disable=2034,2059
true
# shellcheck source=lib.sh

CHECK_CURRENT_REPO=1 . <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wildkatz2004/wordpress-vm/master/lib.sh)
unset CHECK_CURRENT_REPO
# Check for errors + debug code and abort if something isn't right
# 1 = ON
# 0 = OFF
DEBUG=0
debug_mode

if [[ "no" == $(ask_yes_or_no "Do you want log everything from the terminal?") ]]
then
    echo "Skipping log creation..."
    sleep 1
else
# Secure phpMyadmin
if [ -f $UNIXUSER_ALIAS]
then
    rm $UNIXUSER_ALIAS
fi

touch "$UNIXUSER_ALIAS"

cat <<-UNIXUSER-ALIAS > "$UNIXUSER_ALIAS"

# Make some possibly destructive commands more interactive.
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'

# Add some easy shortcuts for formatted directory listings and add a touch of c$
alias ll='ls -lF --color=auto'
alias la='ls -alF --color=auto'
alias ls='ls -F'

# Make grep more user friendly by highlighting matches
# and exclude grepping through .svn folders.
alias grep='grep --color=auto --exclude-dir=\.svn'

# Shortcut for using the Kdiff3 tool for svn diffs.
alias svnkdiff3='svn diff --diff-cmd kdiff3'

# Execute "script" command just once
smart_script(){
    # if there's no SCRIPT_LOG_FILE exported yet
    if [ -z "$SCRIPT_LOG_FILE" ]; then
        # make folder paths
        logdirparent=~/Terminal_typescripts
        logdirraw=raw/$(date +%F)
        logdir=$logdirparent/$logdirraw
        logfile=$logdir/$(date +%F_%T).$$.rawlog

        # if no folder exist - make one
        if [ ! -d $logdir ]; then
            mkdir -p $logdir
        fi

        export SCRIPT_LOG_FILE=$logfile
        export SCRIPT_LOG_PARENT_FOLDER=$logdirparent

        # quiet output if no args are passed
        if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
            script -f $logfile
        else
            script -f -q $logfile
        fi

        exit
    fi
}

# Start logging into new file
alias startnewlog='unset SCRIPT_LOG_FILE && smart_script -v'

# Manually saves current log file: $ savelog logname
savelog(){
    # make folder path
    manualdir=$SCRIPT_LOG_PARENT_FOLDER/manual
    # if no folder exists - make one
    if [ ! -d $manualdir ]; then
        mkdir -p $manualdir
    fi
    # make log name
    logname=${SCRIPT_LOG_FILE##*/}
    logname=${logname%.*}
    # add user logname if passed as argument
    if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
        logname=$logname'_'$1
    fi
    # make filepaths
    txtfile=$manualdir/$logname'.txt'
    rawfile=$manualdir/$logname'.rawlog'
    # make .rawlog readable and save it to .txt file
    cat $SCRIPT_LOG_FILE | perl -pe 's/\e([^\[\]]|\[.*?[a-zA-Z]|\].*?\a)//g' | col -b > $txtfile
    # copy corresponding .rawfile
    cp $SCRIPT_LOG_FILE $rawfile
    printf 'Saved logs:\n    '$txtfile'\n    '$rawfile'\n'
}

UNIXUSER-ALIAS
fi

echo "smart_script" >> "/home/$UNIXUSER/.bashrc"

exit 0

To run:
Paste all of the following in to terminal and hit Return: curl -L -o 'smart_script.sh' https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wildkatz2004/24af1a497fadaedfa172971dc8ae4736/raw/1421656388a02cbc03e2374874c9bf56cb03a6ff/smart_script.sh && sudo bash smart_script.sh