1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" from: @(#)script.1 6.5 (Berkeley) 7/27/91 33.\" $Id: script.1,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:28:51 mycroft Exp $ 34.\" 35.Dd July 27, 1991 36.Dt SCRIPT 1 37.Os BSD 4 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm script 40.Nd make typescript of terminal session 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm script 43.Op Fl a 44.Op Ar file 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46.Nm Script 47makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. 48It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive 49session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file 50can be printed out later with 51.Xr lpr 1 . 52.Pp 53If the argument 54.Ar file 55is given, 56.Nm 57saves all dialogue in 58.Ar file . 59If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file 60.Pa typescript . 61.Pp 62Option: 63.Bl -tag -width Ds 64.It Fl a 65Append the output to 66.Ar file 67or 68.Pa typescript , 69retaining the prior contents. 70.El 71.Pp 72The script ends when the forked shell exits (a 73.Em control-D 74to exit 75the Bourne shell 76.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) , 77and 78.Em exit , 79.Em logout 80or 81.Em control-d 82(if 83.Em ignoreeof 84is not set) for the 85C-shell, 86.Xr csh 1 ) . 87.Pp 88Certain interactive commands, such as 89.Xr vi 1 , 90create garbage in the typescript file. 91.Nm Script 92works best with commands that do not manipulate the 93screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy 94terminal. 95.Sh ENVIRONMENT 96The following environment variable is utilized by 97.Nm script : 98.Bl -tag -width SHELL 99.It Ev SHELL 100If the variable 101.Ev SHELL 102exists, the shell forked by 103.Nm script 104will be that shell. If 105.Ev SHELL 106is not set, the Bourne shell 107is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically). 108.El 109.Sh SEE ALSO 110.Xr csh 1 111(for the 112.Em history 113mechanism). 114.Sh HISTORY 115The 116.Nm script 117command appeared in 118.Bx 3.0 . 119.Sh BUGS 120.Nm Script 121places 122.Sy everything 123in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. 124This is not what the naive user expects. 125