tty(1) tty(1)
NAME
tty - get the terminal's name
SYNOPSIS
tty [-l] [-s]
DESCRIPTION
tty prints the path name of the user's terminal. The -l
flag option prints the synchronous line number to which the
user's terminal is connected, if it is on an active
synchronous line. The -s flag option inhibits printing of
the terminal's path name, allowing one to test just the exit
code.
EXAMPLE
tty
produces /dev/tty7 if user is on tty7.
EXIT CODES
2 if invalid options were specified,
0 if standard input is a terminal,
1 otherwise.
DIAGNOSTICS
``not on an active synchronous line'' if the standard input
is not a synchronous terminal and -l is specified.
``not a tty'' if the standard input is not a terminal and -s
is not specified.
FILES
/bin/tty
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