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TTY(1)  —  UNIX Programmer’s Manual

NAME

tty − get terminal name

SYNOPSIS

tty

DESCRIPTION

Tty prints the pathname of the user’s terminal. 

EXAMPLE

tty

produces "/dev/tty7" if user is on tty7. 

DIAGNOSTICS

"Not a tty" if the standard input file is not a terminal. 

7th Edition  —  1/20/82

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