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| author | Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl> | 2025-02-24 14:08:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2025-02-25 08:50:57 +0100 |
| commit | 2263c16364b2248e73b9efd1c33c01bb190ba4a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 23fb2eac6e0c88734fa6548e3b2d7bb6fadb6727 | |
| parent | 921b4fe498edde7d1d5c280d6d50050d18d97b44 (diff) | |
| download | util-linux-2263c16364b2248e73b9efd1c33c01bb190ba4a6.tar.gz | |
scriptlive: improve some descriptions, markup, and grammar in the manpage
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
| -rw-r--r-- | term-utils/scriptlive.1.adoc | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/scriptlive.1.adoc b/term-utils/scriptlive.1.adoc index 58aeb4ce13..10e2998756 100644 --- a/term-utils/scriptlive.1.adoc +++ b/term-utils/scriptlive.1.adoc @@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ This program re-runs a typescript, using stdin typescript and timing information The *session is executed* in a newly created pseudoterminal with the user's $SHELL (or defaults to _/bin/bash_). -*Be careful!* Do not forget that the typescript may contains arbitrary commands. It is recommended to use *"scriptreplay --stream in --log-in typescript"* (or with *--log-io* instead of *--log-in*) to verify the typescript before it is executed by *scriptlive*. +*Be careful!* The typescript may contain arbitrary commands. It is +recommended to use *"scriptreplay --stream in --log-in typescript"* +(or with *--log-io* instead of *--log-in*) to verify the typescript +before it is executed with *scriptlive*. -The timing information is what *script*(1) outputs to file specified by *--log-timing*. The typescript has to contain stdin information and it is what script1 outputs to file specified by *--log-in* or *--log-io*. +The timing information is what *script*(1) outputs to the file specified by +*--log-timing*. The typescript has to contain stdin information, and is what +*script*(1) outputs to the file specified by *--log-in* or *--log-io*. == OPTIONS @@ -34,15 +39,19 @@ File containing *script*'s terminal input. File containing *script*'s terminal output and input. *-E*, *--echo* _when_:: -This option controls the *ECHO* flag for the slave end of the session's pseudoterminal. The supported modes are _always_, _never_, or _auto_. +This option controls the *ECHO* flag for the slave end of the session's +pseudoterminal. The supported modes are *always*, *never*, and *auto*. + -The default is _auto_ -- in this case, *ECHO* enabled; this default behavior is subject to change. +The default is *auto* -- in which case *ECHO* is enabled. This default +behavior is subject to change. *-t*, *--timing* _file_:: -File containing *script*'s timing output. This option overrides old-style arguments. +File containing *script*'s timing output. +This option replaces the _timingfile_ positional argument. *-T*, *--log-timing* _file_:: -Aliased to *-t*, maintained for compatibility with *script*(1) command-line options. +An alias for *-t*; maintained for compatibility with the *script*(1) +command-line options. *-d*, *--divisor* _number_:: Speed up the replay displaying this _number_ of times. The argument is a floating-point number. It's called divisor because it divides the timings by this factor. This option overrides old-style arguments. |