tty
print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
- Provided by: gnu-coreutils (Version: 9.10-1ubuntu2)
- Source: coreutils
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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
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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SEE ALSO
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tty>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tty invocation'
Packaged by Ubuntu (9.10-1ubuntu2)
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.