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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?

Tom Andersson
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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.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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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.

muclux
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