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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man1/script.1 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man1/script.1 b/static/openbsd/man1/script.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa8bb279 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man1/script.1 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: script.1,v 1.20 2022/01/03 21:49:37 jmc Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: script.1,v 1.3 1994/12/21 08:55:41 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)script.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 3 2022 $ +.Dt SCRIPT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm script +.Nd make typescript of terminal session +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm script +.Op Fl a +.Op Fl c Ar command +.Op Ar file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +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 +.Xr lpr 1 . +.Pp +If the argument +.Ar file +is given, +.Nm +saves all dialogue in +.Ar file . +If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file +.Pa typescript . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl a +Append the output to +.Ar file +or +.Pa typescript , +retaining the prior contents. +.It Fl c Ar command +Run +.Nm sh Fl c Ar command , +instead of an interactive shell. +To run a command with arguments, enclose both in quotes. +.El +.Pp +The script ends when the forked program exits (an +.Ic exit , +.Ic logout , +or control-D +.Pq Ql ^D +will exit most interactive shells). +.Nm +will exit with the status of 0 unless any of its child +processes fail, in which case, +.Nm +will return 1. +.Pp +Certain interactive commands, such as +.Xr vi 1 , +create garbage in the typescript file. +.Nm +works best with commands that do not manipulate the +screen; the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width SHELL +.It Ev SHELL +Name of the shell to be forked by +.Nm script . +If not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. +(Most shells set this variable automatically.) +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Start a virtual machine and log all console output to a file: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ script -c "vmctl start -c myvm" myvm.typescript +.Ed +.Sh HISTORY +A predecessor called +.Nm dribble +appeared in +.Bx 2 . +The +.Nm +command first appeared in +.Bx 3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Mary Ann Horton . +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +places +.Em everything +in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. +This is not what the naive user expects. |
