1SCRIPTREPLAY(1)                  User Commands                 SCRIPTREPLAY(1)
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NAME

6       scriptreplay - play back typescripts, using timing information
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SYNOPSIS

9       scriptreplay [options] [-t] timingfile [typescript [divisor]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  program  replays a typescript, using timing information to ensure
13       that output happens in the same rhythm as it originally  appeared  when
14       the script was recorded.
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16       The  replay  simply  displays  the information again; the programs that
17       were run when the typescript was being  recorded  are  not  run  again.
18       Since  the  same information is simply being displayed, scriptreplay is
19       only guaranteed to work properly if run on the same  type  of  terminal
20       the  typescript  was  recorded on.  Otherwise, any escape characters in
21       the typescript may be interpreted differently by the terminal to  which
22       scriptreplay is sending its output.
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24       The  timing  information is what script(1) outputs to standard error if
25       it is run with the -t parameter.
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27       By default, the typescript to display is  assumed  to  be  named  type‐
28       script,  but  other filenames may be specified, as the second parameter
29       or with option -s.
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31       If the third parameter is specified, it is used as  a  speed-up  multi‐
32       plier.   For  example,  a  speed-up of 2 makes scriptreplay go twice as
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OPTIONS

37       The first three options will override old-style arguments.
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39       -t, --timing file
40              File containing script's timing output.
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43              File containing script's terminal output.
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45       -d, --divisor number
46              Speed  up the replay displaying this number of times.  The argu‐
47              ment is a floating point number.  It's called divisor because it
48              divides the timings by this factor.
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50       -m, --maxdelay number
51              Set  the  maximum  delay between transcript updates to number of
52              seconds.  The argument is a floating point number.  This can  be
53              used to avoid long pauses in the transcript replay.
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55       -V, --version
56              Display version information and exit.
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58       -h, --help
59              Display help text and exit.
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EXAMPLE

62       % script --timing=file.tm script.out
63       Script started, file is script.out
64       % ls
65       <etc, etc>
66       % exit
67       Script done, file is script.out
68       % scriptreplay --timing file.tm --typescript script.out
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SEE ALSO

71       script(1)
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74       Copyright © 2008 James Youngman
75       Copyright © 2008 Karel Zak
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77       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
78       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
79       PURPOSE.
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81       Released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.
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AUTHOR

84       The  original  scriptreplay  program  was  written  by Joey Hess ⟨joey@
85       kitenet.net⟩.  The program was re-written in C by James Youngman  ⟨jay@
86       gnu.org⟩ and Karel Zak ⟨kzak@redhat.com⟩.
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AVAILABILITY

89       The  scriptreplay  command  is  part  of  the util-linux package and is
90       available from Linux Kernel  Archive  ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux
91       /utils/util-linux/⟩.
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