SCRIPT(1)           UNIX Programmer's Manual            SCRIPT(1)

NAME
     script - make typescript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS
     script [ -a ] [ -n ] [ -q ] [ -s ] [ -S shell ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
     _S_c_r_i_p_t makes a typescript of everything printed on your ter-
     minal.  The typescript is saved in a file, and can be sent
     to the line printer later with _l_p_r.  If _f_i_l_e is given, the
     typescript is saved there.  If not, the typescript is saved
     in the file _t_y_p_e_s_c_r_i_p_t.

     To exit _s_c_r_i_p_t, type control-D.  This sends an end of file
     to all processes you have started up, and causes _s_c_r_i_p_t to
     exit.  For this reason, control-D behaves as though you had
     typed an infinite number of control-D's.

     This program is useful when using a crt and a hard-copy
     record of the dialog is desired, as for a student handing in
     a program that was developed on a crt when hard-copy termi-
     nals are in short supply.  The options are:

     -a   Append to the typescript file instead of creating a new
          file.

     -n   Use the ``new'' shell (interpretation of ``new'' is
          installation dependent).

     -q   Suppress the ``script started'' and ``script done''
          messages.

     -s   Use the ```standard'' shell (usually _s_h(1)).

     -S   Use _s_h_e_l_l.  If the requested shell is not available,
          _s_c_r_i_p_t uses any shell it can find.

AUTHOR
     Mark Horton

BUGS
     Since UNIX has no way to write an end-of-file down a pipe
     without closing the pipe, there is no way to simulate a sin-
     gle control-D without ending _s_c_r_i_p_t.

     The new shell has its standard input coming from a pipe
     rather than a tty, so _s_t_t_y(1) will not work, and neither
     will _t_t_y_n_a_m_e(1).

     When the user interrupts a printing process, _s_c_r_i_p_t attempts
     to flush the output backed up in the pipe for better
     response.  Usually the next prompt also gets flushed.

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