NAME

       script — make typescript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [-c command] [-e] [-f] [-q] [-t[=file]] [-V] [-h] [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.

       Options:

       -a, --append
               Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior contents.

       -c, --command command
               Run the command rather than an interactive shell.  This makes it easy for a script to capture the
               output of a program that behaves differently when its stdout is not a tty.

       -e, --return
               Return the exit code of the child process.  Uses the same format as bash  termination  on  signal
               termination exit code is 128+n.

       -f, --flush
               Flush  output  after  each write.  This is nice for telecooperation: one person does `mkfifo foo;
               script -f foo', and another can supervise real-time what is being done using `cat foo'.

       --force
               Allow the default output destination, i.e. the typescript file, to be a hard  or  symbolic  link.
               The command will follow a symbolic link.

       -q, --quiet
               Be quiet.

       -t, --timing[=file]
               Output  timing  data  to  standard  error, or to file when given.  This data contains two fields,
               separated by a space.  The first field indicates how much time elapsed since the previous output.
               The second field indicates how many characters were output this time.  This  information  can  be
               used to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.

       -V, --version
               Output version information and exit.

       -h, --help
               Output help and exit.

       The  script  ends  when  the  forked shell exits (a control-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)).

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

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment variable is utilized by script:

       SHELL  If  the variable SHELL exists, the shell forked by script will be that shell. If SHELL is not set,
              the Bourne shell is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically).

SEE ALSO

       csh(1) (for the history mechanism), scriptreplay(1).

HISTORY

       The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.

BUGS

       Script places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.  This is not what the naive
       user expects.

AVAILABILITY

       The   script   command   is   part   of    the    util-linux    package    and    is    available    from
       ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux                                      February 2011                                        SCRIPT(1)()