11-23-2006
Need help on SCRIPT(1M) utility
Hi All,
I need to do a lot of manual entries at shell prompt.
So to collect the logs(each command fired in that session, i use "SCRIPT(1) : make typescript of terminal session"
this is kool,but the problem here is that it saves the linefeed, and backspaces along with the commands in the log file,therefore opening this file in the vi editor is not a good idea.
How can i remove the linefeed/backspace characters from the log file.if this is not possible then is there any other such utility.
Mentioned below is a logfile created using SCRIPT.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: start the script
$ script -a <scrap>
Script started, file is scrap
2;<now fire some commands,i delibretly used backspace and tabstops while firing the command>
3:exit
root@hw/ $ exit
Script done, file is scrap
4: open in vi editor
$ vi scrap
Script started on Wed Nov 22 01:49:21 2006
root@hw/ $ dat^M
sh: dat: not found.^M
root@hw/ $ dat^?^?^?^H^G^H ^H^H^H^G^G^H ^H^H^H^G^G^H ^H^H^H^G^G ^H^H^G^G^G^M
sh: da: not found.^M
root@hw/ $ date ; wh^H^G ^H^H^G^G ^H^H^G^G^M
Wed Nov 22 01:49:50 MST 2006^M
root@hw/ $ echo ^H^G ^H^H^G^G ^H^H^G ^Hho "hi how are ^H^G ^H^H^G^G ^H^H^G^G ^H^H^G ^Hare you^H^G ^H^H^G^G ^Hou"^M
hi how are you^M
root@hw/ $ ^M
script done on Wed Nov 22 01:50:44 2006
Thanks
~amit
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SCRIPT(1) User Commands SCRIPT(1)
NAME
script - make typescript of terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
script makes a typescript of everything displayed 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 the dialogue in this file. If no filename is given, the dialogue is saved in the file type-
script.
OPTIONS
-a, --append
Append the output to file or to 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 (do not write start and done messages to standard output).
-t[file], --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
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
NOTES
The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D for 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.
It is not recommended to run script in non-interactive shells. The inner shell of script is always interactive, and this could lead to
unexpected results. If you use script in the shell initialization file, you have to avoid entering an infinite loop. You can use for
example the .profile file, which is read by login shells only:
if test -t 0 ; then
script
exit
fi
You should also avoid use of script in command pipes, as script can read more input than you would expect.
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.
script is primarily designed for interactive terminal sessions. When stdin is not a terminal (for example: echo foo | script), then the
session can hang, because the interactive shell within the script session misses EOF and script has no clue when to close the session. See
the NOTES section for more information.
AVAILABILITY
The script command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils
/util-linux/>.
util-linux June 2014 SCRIPT(1)