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.\" $OpenBSD: tty.1,v 1.10 2003/06/03 02:56:20 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: tty.1,v 1.4 1994/12/07 00:46:55 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
.\"
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.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\"
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)tty.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
.Dd June 6, 1993
.Dt TTY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm tty
.Nd return user's terminal name
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm tty
.Op Fl s
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility writes the name of the terminal attached to standard input
to standard output.
The name that is written is the string returned by
.Xr ttyname 3 .
.Pp
If the standard input is not a terminal, the message
.Dq not a tty
is written.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl s
Don't write the terminal name; only the exit status is affected
when this option is specified.
The
.Fl s
option is deprecated in favor of the
.Dq Li "test -t 0"
command.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 if the standard input is a terminal, 1 if the standard input
is not a terminal, or >1 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr stty 1 ,
.Xr test 1 ,
.Xr ttyname 3 ,
.Xr tty 4
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility conforms to
.St -p1003.2-92 .
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
command appeared in
.At v1 .
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