script command

trasher · 02-05-2006, 02:29 PM

Hi all!
I've used the "script" command, as script > out. In the "out" file, there are lots of control characters, how can I get plain ASCII text?
Thanks for any help...

acid_kewpie · 02-05-2006, 02:47 PM

what kind of characters? it records exactly what would go to your terminal, so escape codes for colors in ls etc... would be included for it to do its job.

trasher · 02-05-2006, 03:02 PM

Thanks for your interest.
When I open the "out" file with KWrite, it contains some control characters, for example;
[24;1H[K[7mlines 1-25 [27m[24;1H[K [KESCESC[KOO[KBB[24;1H[24;1H[K
[24;1H[K[7mlines 2-26 [27m[24;1H[K [KESCESC[KOO[KBB[24;1H[24;1H[K [1m-b[0m, [1m--escape[0m.

However, when I open it with "cat" command, it prints well. Why does KWrite show the control characters, should I check the encoding type?

acid_kewpie · 02-05-2006, 03:59 PM

well that's exactly what the command is designed to do, it records verbatim what goes on for a few commands, including escape characters for formatting etc... what do you actually want to do?

pixellany · 02-05-2006, 04:23 PM

a word processor will often read a file differently than will a text editor.

"script" appears to be a logging utility--and may log **everything** that happens--regardless if it readable by other programs.

trasher · 02-06-2006, 06:20 AM

I wondered how I can get an output in a plain text format but now I've understood what the aim of the "script" command is.
Thanks for help and interest acid_kewpie and pixellany