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edit: I was in EternalTerminal session, and that was the source of the difference. In a regular ssh, it works.

I need to get commands in a pipe to believe they are in a PTY and emit colorized output.

script -c is known to be a workaround to do so.

But for me, ls --color=auto is colorized, and in script -q -e -c 'ls --color=auto' log; cat log nothing is colorized.

I do have LS_COLORS set.

The same happens with gcc: it's colorized in an interactive shell, but not in script -c.

How do programs in script -c find out that they are not in a tty? Why did it work before and doesn't now?

$ script -V
script from util-linux 2.33.2
$ ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 8.31
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  • ls doesn't apply colours by default, IIRC. Is your ls an alias to ls --color? – muru Jun 10 '20 at 06:54
  • Right, thanks. It's ls --color=auto. Updating the question. BTW, I'm also in ssh. – Victor Sergienko Jun 10 '20 at 07:01
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    I can't repro - script -q -e -c 'ls --color' /tmp/log shows colours (SSH to a Arch Linux system from a macOS iTerm): https://i.stack.imgur.com/iFyJX.jpg – muru Jun 10 '20 at 07:11
  • Yep. I also find that script -q -e -c 'ls --color' /tmp/log gives colours on Cygwin, Raspbian 10, Debian 10, and CentOS 7 – Chris Davies Jun 10 '20 at 08:45

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After describing my environment in more detail, I found that the suspect that makes the difference is Eternal Terminal.

I've submitted an issue, in case if it's a problem and not an intended behavior.

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