Restoring the script command

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I overwrote the binary "script" in the "/usr/bin" directory (ubuntu 16:04), after the script command did not work.

Is there a way to restore the binary, so the command works again?

script comes from bsdutils, just reinstall it. – muru Jul 15 '18 at 08:23 — muru, Jul 15 '18 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '18 at 08:20

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The script command apparently is provided by bsdutils package ( as per online version of the manual at http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/script.1.html ) , so just reinstall that with sudo apt-get install --reinstall bsdutils.

answered Jul 15 '18 at 08:20

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '18 at 08:21

You could copy the script command from a working 16.04 system, e.g. a Live system on USB.

BTW: It is a bad habit to overwrite (or erase) files that do not work instead of trying to find out why thy don't work. Better move it away before overwriting it.

Restoring the script command

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