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TTY(I)  −  PWB/UNIX 3/15/72

NAME

tty − get typewriter name

SYNOPSIS

tty

DESCRIPTION

Tty gives the name of the user’s typewriter in the form ‘ttyn’ for n a digit or letter.  The actual path name is then ‘/dev/ttyn’. 

DIAGNOSTICS

‘not a tty’ if the standard input file is not a typewriter. 

BUGS

Typewritten Software • bear@typewritten.org • Edmonds, WA 98026