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TTY(1) User Commands TTY(1)

NAME

tty - print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input

SYNOPSIS

tty [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

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

print nothing, only return an exit status
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report tty translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for tty is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and tty programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'tty invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22