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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

tty [-s] [--silent] [--quiet] [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of tty. tty prints the file name of the tty connected to its standard input. It prints `not a tty' if the standard input is not a tty. Its exit status is: 0 if the standard input is a tty
1 if the standard input is not a tty
2 if given incorrect arguments
3 if a write error occurs

OPTIONS

--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
-s, --silent, --quiet
Print nothing; only return an exit status.
--version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.


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