SCRIPT(1)               System General Commands Manual               SCRIPT(1)

NAME
     script - make typescript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS
     script [-a] [-F secs] [file]

DESCRIPTION
     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 lpr(1).

     If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file.  If no
     file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript.

     The options are as follows:

     -a      Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior con-
             tents.

     -F secs
             Flush the studio buffer to the typescript file every secs instead
             of the default 30 seconds. Any value less than 0 will be rounded
             up to a value of 0. A 0 value means the ouput will not be
             buffered.

     The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D (`^D') to exit
     the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout, or control-D (if ignoreeof is
     not set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).  script will exit with the status of 0
     unless any of its child processes fail.  In which case, script will
     return 1.

     Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the type-
     script file.  script works best with commands that do not manipulate the
     screen; the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal.

ENVIRONMENT
     SHELL  Name of the shell to be forked by script.  If not set, the Bourne
            shell is assumed.  (Most shells set this variable automatically.)

HISTORY
     The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.

SEE ALSO
     dup2(2), fflush(3), ptsname(2), pty(4), termios(4), stty(1), setsid(2)

BUGS
     script places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and
     backspaces.  This is not what the naive user expects.  But this is won-
     derful for debugging output.

Interix                          June 16, 2008                         Interix