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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 95f51977 | 5 | .\" @(#)script.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85 |
| e51e7121 | 6 | .\" |
| 95f51977 | 7 | .TH SCRIPT 1 "April 29, 1985" |
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8 | .UC 4 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | script \- make typescript of terminal session | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .B script | |
| 13 | [ | |
| 14 | .B \-a | |
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15 | ] [ file ] |
| 16 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 17 | .I Script | |
| 18 | makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. | |
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19 | The typescript is written to |
| 20 | .IR file , | |
| 21 | or appended to | |
| 22 | .IR file | |
| 23 | if the | |
| 24 | .B \-a | |
| 25 | option is given. | |
| 26 | It can be sent to the line printer later with | |
| 27 | .IR lpr . | |
| 28 | If no file name is given, the typescript | |
| 29 | is saved in the file | |
| 30 | .IR typescript . | |
| e51e7121 | 31 | .PP |
| f078f674 | 32 | The script ends when the forked shell exits. |
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33 | .PP |
| 34 | This program is useful when using a crt and a hard-copy | |
| 35 | record of the dialog is desired, as for a student handing | |
| 36 | in a program that was developed on a crt when hard-copy | |
| 37 | terminals are in short supply. | |
| e51e7121 | 38 | .SH BUGS |
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39 | .I Script |
| 40 | places | |
| 41 | .B everything | |
| 42 | in the log file. This is not what the naive user expects. |