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set up a pipe and allow a jr user to watch what I'm doing by running 'script -F pipefile' on it. While here, spell out the month in the .Dd tag like other manual pages.
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5.4 KiB
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218 lines
5.4 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)script.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 4, 2013
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.Dt SCRIPT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm script
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.Nd make typescript of terminal session
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl adfkpqr
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.Op Fl F Ar pipe
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.Op Fl t Ar time
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.Op Ar file Op Ar command ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.
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It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
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session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file
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can be printed out later with
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.Xr lpr 1 .
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.Pp
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If the argument
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.Ar file
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is given,
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.Nm
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saves all dialogue in
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.Ar file .
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If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file
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.Pa typescript .
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.Pp
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If the argument
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.Ar command
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is given,
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.Nm
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will run the specified command with an optional argument vector
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instead of an interactive shell.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Append the output to
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.Ar file
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or
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.Pa typescript ,
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retaining the prior contents.
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.It Fl d
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When playing back a session with the
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.Fl p
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flag, do not sleep between records when playing back a timestamped session.
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.It Fl F Ar pipe
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Immediately flush output after each write.
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This will allow a user to create a named pipe using
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.Xr mkfifo 1
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and another user may watch the live session using a utility like
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.Xr cat 1 .
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.It Fl f
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Create
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.Ar file.filemon
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or
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.Pa typescript.filemon
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using
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.Xr filemon 4 .
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.It Fl k
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Log keys sent to the program as well as output.
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.It Fl p
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Play back a session recorded with the
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.Fl r
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flag in real time.
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.It Fl q
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Run in quiet mode, omit the start, stop and command status messages.
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.It Fl r
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Record a session with input, output, and timestamping.
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.It Fl t Ar time
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Specify the interval at which the script output file will be flushed
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to disk, in seconds.
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A value of 0
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causes
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.Nm
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to flush after every character I/O event.
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The default interval is
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30 seconds.
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.El
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.Pp
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The script ends when the forked shell (or command) exits (a
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.Em control-D
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to exit
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the Bourne shell
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.Pf ( Xr sh 1 ) ,
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and
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.Em exit ,
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.Em logout
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or
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.Em control-D
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(if
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.Em ignoreeof
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is not set) for the
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C-shell,
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.Xr csh 1 ) .
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.Pp
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Certain interactive commands, such as
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.Xr vi 1 ,
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create garbage in the typescript file.
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The
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.Nm
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utility works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen.
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The results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal, not an addressable one.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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The following environment variables are utilized by
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.Nm :
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.Bl -tag -width SHELL
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.It Ev SCRIPT
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The
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.Ev SCRIPT
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environment variable is added to the sub-shell.
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If
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.Ev SCRIPT
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already existed in the users environment,
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its value is overwritten within the sub-shell.
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The value of
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.Ev SCRIPT
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is the name of the
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.Ar typescript
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file.
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.It Ev SHELL
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If the variable
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.Ev SHELL
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exists, the shell forked by
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.Nm
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will be that shell.
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If
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.Ev SHELL
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is not set, the Bourne shell
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is assumed.
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.Pq Most shells set this variable automatically .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr csh 1
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.Xr filemon 4
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.Po
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for the
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.Em history
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mechanism
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.Pc .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 3.0 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl d ,
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.Fl p
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and
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.Fl r
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options first appeared in
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.Nx 2.0
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and were ported to
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.Fx 9.2 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nm
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utility places
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.Sy everything
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in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.
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This is not what the naive user expects.
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.Pp
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It is not possible to specify a command without also naming the script file
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because of argument parsing compatibility issues.
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.Pp
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When running in
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.Fl k
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mode, echo cancelling is far from ideal.
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The slave terminal mode is checked
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for ECHO mode to check when to avoid manual echo logging.
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This does not
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work when the terminal is in a raw mode where
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the program being run is doing manual echo.
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.Pp
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If
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.Nm
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reads zero bytes from the terminal, it switches to a mode when it
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only attempts to read
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once a second until there is data to read.
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This prevents
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.Nm
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from spinning on zero-byte reads, but might cause a 1-second delay in
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processing of user input.
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