tty

(1)

print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input

User commands 3 optionscoreutils 9.7-3

tty [OPTION]...

Options

3

-s--silent--quiet

print nothing, only return an exit status

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

DESCRIPTION

Print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input.

-s, --silent, --quiet: print nothing, only return an exit status
--help: display this help and exit
--version: output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

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SEE ALSO

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tty
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tty invocation'

Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
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