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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:27:14 -0700
From: Wayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net>
To: zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: capturing output of a script requiring answers to prompts
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:52:51PM +0100, zzapper wrote:
> How can I capture the output of a script requiring answers to prompts.

The best way to capture the full output of an interactive session is
using the "script" utility (which comes with most unix-like operating
systems):

    script output.txt

That requires you to run your SCRIPT-FILE from inside the subshell and
then "exit".  Alternately, if your version of "script" is new enough:

    script -c ./SCRIPT-FILE output.txt

The zsh-specific way to output data to both the terminal and a file is
to use multi-IO:

    ./SCRIPT-FILE >&1 >output.txt

However, that doesn't capture what the user types.

..wayne..