1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)script.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 33.\" 34.Dd June 6, 1993 35.Dt SCRIPT 1 36.Os BSD 4 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm script 39.Nd make typescript of terminal session 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Nm 42.Op Fl a 43.Op Ar file 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45.Nm Script 46makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. 47It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive 48session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file 49can be printed out later with 50.Xr lpr 1 . 51.Pp 52If the argument 53.Ar file 54is given, 55.Nm 56saves all dialogue in 57.Ar file . 58If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file 59.Pa typescript . 60.Pp 61Option: 62.Bl -tag -width Ds 63.It Fl a 64Append the output to 65.Ar file 66or 67.Pa typescript , 68retaining the prior contents. 69.El 70.Pp 71The script ends when the forked shell exits (a 72.Em control-D 73to exit 74the Bourne shell 75.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) , 76and 77.Em exit , 78.Em logout 79or 80.Em control-d 81(if 82.Em ignoreeof 83is not set) for the 84C-shell, 85.Xr csh 1 ) . 86.Pp 87Certain interactive commands, such as 88.Xr vi 1 , 89create garbage in the typescript file. 90.Nm Script 91works best with commands that do not manipulate the 92screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy 93terminal. 94.Sh ENVIRONMENT 95The following environment variable is utilized by 96.Nm script : 97.Bl -tag -width SHELL 98.It Ev SHELL 99If the variable 100.Ev SHELL 101exists, the shell forked by 102.Nm 103will be that shell. If 104.Ev SHELL 105is not set, the Bourne shell 106is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically). 107.El 108.Sh SEE ALSO 109.Xr csh 1 110(for the 111.Em history 112mechanism). 113.Sh HISTORY 114The 115.Nm 116command appeared in 117.Bx 3.0 . 118.Sh BUGS 119.Nm Script 120places 121.Sy everything 122in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. 123This is not what the naive user expects. 124