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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)tty.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Dt TTY 1
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tty
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.Nd return user's terminal name
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl s
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility writes the name of the terminal attached to standard input
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to standard output.
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The name that is written is the string returned by
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.Xr ttyname 3 .
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If the standard input is not a terminal, the message
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.Dq Li "not a tty"
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is written.
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl s
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Do not write the terminal name; only the exit status is affected
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when this option is specified.
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The
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.Fl s
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option is deprecated in favor of the
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.Dq Li "test -t 0"
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command.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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exits 0 if the standard input is a terminal, 1 if the standard input is
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not a terminal, and >1 if an error occurs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr test 1 ,
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.Xr ttyname 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is expected to be
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.St -p1003.2
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compatible.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v1 .
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