On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 09:17:38PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > I'm taking a C class this semester and my instructer want us to use > the script command to verify our work: cat the program, compile it, > and enter test data while scripting. > > The program itself is easy to use, but I get control codes embedded > in the file. Things like ^G, ^H, and ^M. Has anyone used this > program (I didn't even know it existed until today), and experienced > the insertion of control characters or know how to prevent it? If > not, no big deal. It'll be an excuse to delve into writing a shell > script to strip them out :)
Another possibliity: are you using anything which will produce fun text properties, such as colors, underline or bold? I use ls with color and also use a cool prompt setting in bash (see below) which does REALLY nasty things to script. If you find a clever way to keep the colors and fix the script output, I'd be happy to hear it! -Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # here's the relevant part of my .bashrc case $TERM in xterm*) PS1="\[\033]0;\w\007\]\\033[1;31m\h\033[0m$ " ;; *) PS1="\h$ " ;; esac -- Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305