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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1)
If the argument is given, saves all dialogue in If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file
Options:
  • a Append the output to or
retaining the prior contents.
  • COMMAND Run the COMMAND rather than an interactive shell. This makes it easy for a script to capture the output of a program that behaves differently when its stdout is not a tty.
  • f Flush output after each write. This is nice for telecooperation: One person does `mkfifo foo; script -f foo' and another can supervise real-time what is being done using `cat foo'.
  • q Be quiet.
  • t Output timing data to standard error. This data contains two fields, separated by a space. The first field indicates how much time elapsed since the previous output. The second field indicates how many characters were output this time. This information can be used to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.
  • The script ends when the forked shell exits (a to exit the Bourne shell
    and or (if is not set) for the C-shell, csh(1)
    Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1) create garbage in the typescript file. works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal.

    ENVIRONMENT

    The following environment variable is utilized by
    • SHELL If the variable exists, the shell forked by will be that shell. If is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically).

    SEE ALSO

    csh(1) (for the mechanism), scriptreplay(1)

    HISTORY

    The command appeared in x 3.0 .

    BUGS

    places in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. This is not what the naive user expects.

    AVAILABILITY

    The script command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.