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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
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parent1c2451c24d59abde50b89c0d506523298e1ae1e1 (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.bin/script/script.1 b/usr.bin/script/script.1
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@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@
.Op Fl t Ar time
.Op Ar file Op command ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Script
-makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.
+The
+.Nm
+utility 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
@@ -108,8 +109,9 @@ C-shell,
Certain interactive commands, such as
.Xr vi 1 ,
create garbage in the typescript file.
-.Nm Script
-works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen.
+The
+.Nm
+utility works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen.
The results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal, not an addressable one.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is utilized by
@@ -138,8 +140,9 @@ The
command appeared in
.Bx 3.0 .
.Sh BUGS
-.Nm Script
-places
+The
+.Nm
+utility places
.Sy everything
in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.
This is not what the naive user expects.