Tty (Unix)

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tty is a Unix command that prints to standard output the name of the file connected to standard input. The name of the program comes from teletypewriter, abbreviated "TTY".

When the program is run, it will produce something like this:

% tty
/dev/pts/4

External links

[link] tty manpage

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