I'm trying to capture the output of some commands with the 'script' utility. Normally, I would type 'script /path/to/output/file', then enter commands, then hit ctrl+D to end the 'script' capture. I'm having trouble with it on a server. Upon starting 'script', it exits immediately before I type any commands or hit ctrl+D.
Anyone know how/why this could happen?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
What does
which script
show
'which script' shows that /usr/bin/script is running. BTW, I didn't mention before, this is Solaris 8.
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I am trying to login to a router from my server & get a screen capture of some output. I used a workaround of "(ssh router) 2>&1 | tee /tmp/output.txt" which seems to work, but I'm still curious why 'script' was exiting immediately.
It shows that it's running? Er, what does it actually show? Copy-paste the result.
=>which script
/usr/bin/script
=>
Before starting "script":
echo $SHELL
tty
If $SHELL is not a valid shell that might be you problem.
If tty replies "not a tty" , that is your problem.
AHA! $SHELL was set to /usr/bin/no_shell.ksh. Looks like it was an attempt at security by another user. It was doing some user validation before running /usr/bin/ksh. I set SHELL=/usr/bin/ksh and 'script' works as expected.
Thanks!