1.\" $OpenBSD: script.1,v 1.4 1999/06/05 01:21:39 aaron Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: script.1,v 1.3 1994/12/21 08:55:41 jtc Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 18.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 19.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 20.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 21.\" without specific prior written permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)script.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 36.\" 37.Dd June 6, 1993 38.Dt SCRIPT 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm script 42.Nd make typescript of terminal session 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm script 45.Op Fl a 46.Op Ar file 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48.Nm 49makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. 50It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive 51session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file 52can be printed out later with 53.Xr lpr 1 . 54.Pp 55If the argument 56.Ar file 57is given, 58.Nm 59saves all dialogue in 60.Ar file . 61If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file 62.Pa typescript . 63.Pp 64Option: 65.Bl -tag -width Ds 66.It Fl a 67Append the output to 68.Ar file 69or 70.Pa typescript , 71retaining the prior contents. 72.El 73.Pp 74The script ends when the forked shell exits (a 75.Em control-D 76to exit 77the Bourne shell 78.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) , 79and 80.Em exit , 81.Em logout 82or 83.Em control-d 84(if 85.Em ignoreeof 86is not set) for the 87C-shell, 88.Xr csh 1 ) . 89.Pp 90Certain interactive commands, such as 91.Xr vi 1 , 92create garbage in the typescript file. 93.Nm 94works best with commands that do not manipulate the 95screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy 96terminal. 97.Sh ENVIRONMENT 98The following environment variable is utilized by 99.Nm script : 100.Bl -tag -width SHELL 101.It Ev SHELL 102If the variable 103.Ev SHELL 104exists, the shell forked by 105.Nm 106will be that shell. If 107.Ev SHELL 108is not set, the Bourne shell 109is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically.) 110.El 111.Sh SEE ALSO 112.Xr csh 1 113(for the 114.Em history 115mechanism) 116.Sh HISTORY 117The 118.Nm 119command appeared in 120.Bx 3.0 . 121.Sh BUGS 122.Nm 123places 124.Em everything 125in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. 126This is not what the naive user expects. 127