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SCITOOLS(1)						      General Commands Manual						       SCITOOLS(1)

NAME

       scitools - run a SciTools command

SYNOPSIS

       scitools command [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       The scitools script takes a command and runs a corresponding utility. The available commands are listed below.

       file2interactive
	      Utility for taking a set of Python statements in a file and creating the corresponding interactive Python shell session.

       floatdiff
	      Script for examining differences in regression tests involving floating-point numbers. Used in [1].

       regression
	      Simple front-end script to SciTools' Regression module. Used in [1].

       ps2mpeg
	      Utility for turning a set of PostScript files into an MPEG movie, using mpeg_encode or ppmtompeg.

       profiler
	      Script for simplifying the execution of Python's profiling tools. Used in [1].

       rename Script for renaming a set of files by substituting one string or regular expression with another.

       subst  Script for subsituting a phrase by another in a set of files. Accepts regular expressions. Treated in [1].

       replace
	      Script  for  subsituting	a  phrase by another in a set of files. Does not use regular expressions, just plain text (well suited for
	      substituting text with much use of backslashes, curly braces, and other special  characters  in  regular	expressions  (e.g.,  LaTeX
	      text).

       movie  Script  for  creating  a	movie file from a sequence of image files (frames). By default an HTML file for displaying the image (PNG)
	      files are made.

       pyreport
	      Processes a Python script and pretty prints the results using LateX. If the script uses show() commands (from scitools.easyviz) they
	      are caught by pyreport and the resulting graphs are inserted in the output pdf. Comments lines starting with "#!" are interpreted as
	      rst lines and pretty printed accordingly in the pdf.

       [1] H. P. Langtangen: Python Scripting for Computational Science. Third
	      edition, second printing. Springer, 2009.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Show usage for all commands and exit.

BUGS

       Send comments, questions, bug reports etc. to scitools@googlegroups.com.

LICENSE

       SciTools is licensed under the new BSD license.

AUTHOR

       SciTools is written by Hans Petter Langtangen <hpl@simula.no>, Johannes Ring <johannr@simula.no>,  Ilmar  Wilbers  <ilmarw@simula.no>,  and
       Rolv E. Bredesen <rolv@simula.no>. This manual page is written by Johannes Ring <johannr@simula.no>.

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NAME

     script -- make typescript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS

     script [-a] [-f] [-q] [-t] [file]

DESCRIPTION

     Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.	It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
     session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1).

     If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file.	If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript.

     Options:

     -a      Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior contents.

     -f      Flush output after each write. This is nice for telecooperation: One person does `mkfifo foo; script -f foo' and another can super-
	     vise real-time what is being done using `cat foo'.

     -q      Be quiet.

     -t      Output timeing data to standard error. This data contains two fields, separated by a space. The first field indicates how much time
	     elapsed since the previous output. The second field indicates how many characters were output this time. This information can be used
	     to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.

     The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D to exit the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-d (if ignoreeof is not
     set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).

     Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the typescript file.  Script works best with commands that do not manipulate
     the screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal.

ENVIRONMENT

     The following environment variable is utilized by script:

     SHELL  If the variable SHELL exists, the shell forked by script will be that shell. If SHELL is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. (Most
	    shells set this variable automatically).

SEE ALSO

     csh(1) (for the history mechanism), replay(1).

HISTORY

     The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.

BUGS

     Script places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces.  This is not what the naive user expects.

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