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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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