---
name: "tdview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "termdebug"
version: "2.2+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tdview"
---

# tdview(1)

show recorded output of a terminal program

## NAME

tdview - show recorded output of a terminal program

## SYNOPSIS

**tdview** \[OPTIONS\] *RECORDING*

## DESCRIPTION

**tdview** shows the recorded output of a terminal program. The recording can be made by either [**tdrecord**(1)](/tdrecord/1.md) or [**tdrerecord**(1)](/tdrerecord/1.md).

## OPTIONS

**tdview** accepts the following options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display a short help message.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version and copyright information.

- **-k***delay*, **--key-delay**=*delay*

  Set the delay for sending a the next keys to *delay*. Delay may be either a fixed number of miliseconds, or it may be specified as / (slash) followed by a divisor. When a divisor is specified, all key delays specified in the recording will be divided by the divisor.

To stop **tdview** from interpreting file names that start with a dash as options, one can specify a double dash (--) after which **tdview** will interpret any following arguments as files to read.

## BUGS

If you think you have found a bug, please check that you are using the latest version of **termdebug** \<http://os.ghalkes.nl/termdebug\>. When reporting bugs, please include a minimal example that demonstrates the problem.

## AUTHOR

G.P. Halkes \<termdebug@ghalkes.nl\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010,2012-2013 G.P. Halkes\
 **termdebug** is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.\
 For more details on the license, see the file COPYING in the documentation directory. On Un\*x systems this is usually /usr/share/doc/termdebug.

## SEE ALSO

[**termdebug**(1)](/termdebug/1.md), [**tdrecord**(1)](/tdrecord/1.md), [**tdreplay**(1)](/tdreplay/1.md), [**tdrerecord**(1)](/tdrerecord/1.md), [**tdcompare**(1)](/tdcompare/1.md)