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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.

       -s, --silent, --quiet
              print nothing, only return an exit status

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              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 per‐
       mitted 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.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                              TTY(1)