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32.Dd June 6, 1993
33.Dt SCRIPT 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm script
37.Nd make typescript of terminal session
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl a
41.Op Fl k
42.Op Fl q
43.Op Fl t Ar time
44.Op Ar file Op command ...
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.
49It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
50session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file
51can be printed out later with
52.Xr lpr 1 .
53.Pp
54If the argument
55.Ar file
56is given,
57.Nm
58saves all dialogue in
59.Ar file .
60If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file
61.Pa typescript  .
62.Pp
63If the argument
64.Ar command ...
65is given,
66.Nm
67will run the specified command with an optional argument vector
68instead of an interactive shell.
69.Pp
70Options:
71.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxx
72.It Fl a
73Append the output to
74.Ar file
75or
76.Pa typescript ,
77retaining the prior contents.
78.It Fl k
79Log keys sent to program as well as output.
80.It Fl q
81Run in quiet mode, omit the start and stop status messages.
82.It Fl t Ar time
83Specify time interval between flushing script output file.  A value of 0
84causes
85.Nm
86to flush for every character I/O event.  The default interval is
8730 seconds.
88.El
89.Pp
90The script ends when the forked shell (or command) exits (a
91.Em control-D
92to exit
93the Bourne shell
94.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) ,
95and
96.Em exit ,
97.Em logout
98or
99.Em control-d
100(if
101.Em ignoreeof
102is not set) for the
103C-shell,
104.Xr csh 1 ) .
105.Pp
106Certain interactive commands, such as
107.Xr vi 1 ,
108create garbage in the typescript file.
109The
110.Nm
111utility works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen.
112The results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal, not an addressable one.
113.Sh ENVIRONMENT
114The following environment variable is utilized by
115.Nm :
116.Bl -tag -width SHELL
117.It Ev SHELL
118If the variable
119.Ev SHELL
120exists, the shell forked by
121.Nm
122will be that shell.
123If
124.Ev SHELL
125is not set, the Bourne shell
126is assumed.
127(Most shells set this variable automatically).
128.El
129.Sh SEE ALSO
130.Xr csh 1
131(for the
132.Em history
133mechanism).
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136.Nm
137command appeared in
138.Bx 3.0 .
139.Sh BUGS
140The
141.Nm
142utility places
143.Sy everything
144in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.
145This is not what the naive user expects.
146.Pp
147It is not possible to specify a command without also naming the script file
148because of argument parsing compatibility issues.
149.Pp
150When running in
151.Fl k
152mode, echo cancelling is far from ideal.  The slave terminal mode is checked
153for ECHO mode to check when to avoid manual echo logging.  This does not
154work when in a raw mode where the program being run is doing manual echo.
155