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+.\" @(#)script.1 6.5 (Berkeley) 7/27/91
+.\"
+.Dd Feb 20, 2011
+.Dt SCRIPT 1
+.Os Linux
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm script
+.Nd make typescript of terminal session
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm script
+.Op Fl a
+.Op Fl c Ar COMMAND
+.Op Fl e
+.Op Fl f
+.Op Fl q
+.Op Fl t
+.Op Fl V
+.Op Fl h
+.Op Ar file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm 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
+.Xr lpr 1 .
+.Pp
+If the argument
+.Ar file
+is given,
+.Nm
+saves all dialogue in
+.Ar file .
+If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file
+.Pa typescript .
+.Pp
+Options:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a, Fl Fl append
+Append the output to
+.Ar file
+or
+.Pa typescript ,
+retaining the prior contents.
+.It Fl c, Fl Fl command Ar 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.
+.It Fl e, Fl Fl return
+Return the exit code of the child process. Uses the same format as bash
+termination on signal termination exit code is 128+n.
+.It Fl f, Fl Fl 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'.
+.It Fl q, Fl Fl quiet
+Be quiet.
+.It Fl t, Fl Fl timing
+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.
+.It Fl V, Fl Fl version
+Output version information and exit.
+.It Fl h, Fl Fl help
+Output help and exit.
+.El
+.Pp
+The script ends when the forked shell exits (a
+.Em control-D
+to exit
+the Bourne shell
+.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) ,
+and
+.Em exit ,
+.Em logout
+or
+.Em control-d
+(if
+.Em ignoreeof
+is not set) for the
+C-shell,
+.Xr csh 1 ) .
+.Pp
+Certain interactive commands, such as
+.Xr vi 1 ,
+create garbage in the typescript file.
+.Nm Script
+works best with commands that do not manipulate the
+screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy
+terminal.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+The following environment variable is utilized by
+.Nm script :
+.Bl -tag -width SHELL
+.It Ev SHELL
+If the variable
+.Ev SHELL
+exists, the shell forked by
+.Nm script
+will be that shell. If
+.Ev SHELL
+is not set, the Bourne shell
+is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically).
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr csh 1
+(for the
+.Em history
+mechanism),
+.Xr scriptreplay 1 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm script
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm Script
+places
+.Sy everything
+in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.
+This is not what the naive user expects.
+.Sh AVAILABILITY
+The script command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.