1.\" $OpenBSD: script.1,v 1.9 2001/05/01 17:58:04 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 64The options are as follows: 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 control-D 75.Pq Ql ^D 76to exit 77the Bourne shell 78.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) , 79and 80.Ic exit , 81.Ic logout , 82or control-D 83(if 84.Va ignoreeof 85is not set) for the 86C-shell, 87.Xr csh 1 ) . 88.Nm 89will exit with the status of 0 unless any of its child 90processes fail. In which case, 91.Nm 92will return 1. 93.Pp 94Certain interactive commands, such as 95.Xr vi 1 , 96create garbage in the typescript file. 97.Nm 98works best with commands that do not manipulate the 99screen; the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal. 100.Sh ENVIRONMENT 101.Bl -tag -width SHELL 102.It Ev SHELL 103Name of the shell to be forked by 104.Nm script . 105If not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. 106(Most shells set this variable automatically.) 107.El 108.Sh SEE ALSO 109.Xr csh 1 110(for the 111.Sy history 112mechanism) 113.Sh HISTORY 114The 115.Nm 116command appeared in 117.Bx 3.0 . 118.Sh BUGS 119.Nm 120places 121.Em everything 122in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. 123This is not what the naive user expects. 124