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        !            18: .\"     @(#)script.1   6.3 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt SCRIPT 1
        !            22: .Os BSD 4
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm script
        !            25: .Nd make typescript of terminal session
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm script
        !            28: .Op Fl a
        !            29: .Op Ar file
        !            30: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            31: .Nm Script
        !            32: makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.
        !            33: It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
        !            34: session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file 
        !            35: can be printed out later with
        !            36: .Xr lpr 1 .
        !            37: .Pp
        !            38: If the argument
        !            39: .Ar file
        !            40: is given,
        !            41: .Nm
        !            42: saves all dialogue in
        !            43: .Ar file .
        !            44: If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file
        !            45: .Pa typescript  .
        !            46: .Pp
        !            47: Option:
        !            48: .Tw Ds
        !            49: .Tp Fl a
        !            50: Append the output to
        !            51: .Ar file
        !            52: or
        !            53: .Pa typescript ,
        !            54: retaining the prior contents.
        !            55: .Tp
        !            56: .Pp
        !            57: The script ends when the forked shell exits (a
        !            58: .Em control-D
        !            59: to exit
        !            60: the Bourne shell
        !            61: .Pf \&( Xr sh 1 ) ,
        !            62: and
        !            63: .Em exit , 
        !            64: .Em logout
        !            65: or
        !            66: .Em control-d
        !            67: (if
        !            68: .Em ignoreeof
        !            69: is not set) for the
        !            70: C-shell,
        !            71: .Xr csh 1 ) .
        !            72: .Pp
        !            73: Certain interactive commands, such as
        !            74: .Xr vi 1 ,
        !            75: create garbage in the typescript file.
        !            76: .Nm Script
        !            77: works best with commands that do not manipulate the
        !            78: screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy
        !            79: terminal.
        !            80: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
        !            81: The following environment variable is utilized by
        !            82: .Nm script :
        !            83: .Tw SHELL
        !            84: .Tp Ev SHELL
        !            85: If the variable
        !            86: .Ev SHELL
        !            87: exists, the shell forked by
        !            88: .Nm script
        !            89: will be that shell. If
        !            90: .Ev SHELL
        !            91: is not set, the Bourne shell
        !            92: is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically).
        !            93: .Tp
        !            94: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            95: .Xr csh 1
        !            96: (for the
        !            97: .Em history
        !            98: mechanism).
        !            99: .Sh HISTORY
        !           100: .Nm Script
        !           101: appeared in 3 BSD.
        !           102: .Sh BUGS
        !           103: .Nm Script
        !           104: places
        !           105: .Sy everything
        !           106: in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.
        !           107: This is not what the naive user expects.

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