vim, less, more, top all hate files produced by the script command. script doesn't produce a text file. It produces a binary file full of terminal control info based on everything that happened in the terminal.
OK fine but I need to control replay better than scriptreplay seems to offer with a timing file. I want to move forward and back through it interactively. So I can stop it and read things.
A popular approach seems to be to convert the binary file to a text file. Theoretically possible but never seems to match. I've tried solutions using col, perl, sed, and awk. Perl came closest but still doesn't match.
I'm willing to lose color information but I want text to show up where it's supposed to show up.
Is there a better solution then just increasing the scrollback limit until cat works?
colas mentioned in the answers. Then, please, [edit] your question and write exactly what you tried and what's wrong with this solution. Examples might also help. This avoids that we propose solutions you already know. Make your requirements as clear as possible. – Bodo Jan 27 '22 at 20:04vile-pager) which renders colors and same-line cursor movement in vi like emacs. Presumably your favorite text-editor can do something similar. – Thomas Dickey Jan 27 '22 at 21:32