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31.Dd January 22, 2004
32.Dt SCRIPT 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm script
36.Nd make typescript of terminal session
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl akq
40.Op Fl t Ar time
41.Op Ar file Op Ar command ...
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.
46It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
47session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file
48can be printed out later with
49.Xr lpr 1 .
50.Pp
51If the argument
52.Ar file
53is given,
54.Nm
55saves all dialogue in
56.Ar file .
57If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file
58.Pa typescript .
59.Pp
60If the argument
61.Ar command
62is given,
63.Nm
64will run the specified command with an optional argument vector
65instead of an interactive shell.
66.Pp
67The following options are available:
68.Bl -tag -width indent
69.It Fl a
70Append the output to
71.Ar file
72or
73.Pa typescript ,
74retaining the prior contents.
75.It Fl k
76Log keys sent to program as well as output.
77.It Fl q
78Run in quiet mode, omit the start and stop status messages.
79.It Fl t Ar time
80Specify time interval between flushing script output file.
81A value of 0
82causes
83.Nm
84to flush for every character I/O event.
85The default interval is
8630 seconds.
87.El
88.Pp
89The script ends when the forked shell (or command) exits (a
90.Em control-D
91to exit
92the Bourne shell
93.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) ,
94and
95.Em exit ,
96.Em logout
97or
98.Em control-D
99(if
100.Em ignoreeof
101is not set) for the
102C-shell,
103.Xr csh 1 ) .
104.Pp
105Certain interactive commands, such as
106.Xr vi 1 ,
107create garbage in the typescript file.
108The
109.Nm
110utility works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen.
111The results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal, not an addressable one.
112.Sh ENVIRONMENT
113The following environment variables are utilized by
114.Nm :
115.Bl -tag -width SHELL
116.It Ev SCRIPT
117The
118.Ev SCRIPT
119environment variable is added to the sub-shell.
120If
121.Ev SCRIPT
122already existed in the users environment,
123its value is overwritten within the sub-shell.
124The value of
125.Ev SCRIPT
126is the name of the
127.Ar typescript
128file.
129.It Ev SHELL
130If the variable
131.Ev SHELL
132exists, the shell forked by
133.Nm
134will be that shell.
135If
136.Ev SHELL
137is not set, the Bourne shell
138is assumed.
139(Most shells set this variable automatically).
140.El
141.Sh SEE ALSO
142.Xr csh 1
143(for the
144.Em history
145mechanism).
146.Sh HISTORY
147The
148.Nm
149command appeared in
150.Bx 3.0 .
151.Sh BUGS
152The
153.Nm
154utility places
155.Sy everything
156in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.
157This is not what the naive user expects.
158.Pp
159It is not possible to specify a command without also naming the script file
160because of argument parsing compatibility issues.
161.Pp
162When running in
163.Fl k
164mode, echo cancelling is far from ideal.
165The slave terminal mode is checked
166for ECHO mode to check when to avoid manual echo logging.
167This does not
168work when in a raw mode where the program being run is doing manual echo.
169