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SCRIPT(1)			 User Commands			     SCRIPT(1)

NAME
     script — make typescript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS
     script [-a] [-c command] [-e] [-f] [-q] [-t[=file]] [-V] [-h] [file]

DESCRIPTION
     script 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 file is given, script saves all dialogue in file.	If no
     file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript.

     Options:

     -a, --append
	     Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior con‐
	     tents.

     -c, --command 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.

     -e, --return
	     Return the exit code of the child process.	 Uses the same format
	     as bash termination on signal termination exit code is 128+n.

     -f, --flush
	     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'.

     --force
	     Allow the default output destination, i.e. the typescript file,
	     to be a hard or symbolic link.  The command will follow a sym‐
	     bolic link.

     -q, --quiet
	     Be quiet.

     -t, --timing[=file]
	     Output timing data to standard error, or to file when given.
	     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.

     -V, --version
	     Output version information and exit.

     -h, --help
	     Output help and exit.

     The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D to exit the
     Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-d (if ignoreeof is not
     set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).

     Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the type‐
     script file.  Script 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 script:

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

SEE ALSO
     csh(1) (for the history mechanism), scriptreplay(1).

HISTORY
     The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.

BUGS
     Script places everything 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 package and is available
     from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux		       February 2011			    util-linux
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