tty(1) General Commands Manual tty(1)
NAME
tty, pty - get the name of the terminal
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
and print the path name of the user's terminal. The option inhibits printing of the terminal path name and any diagnostics, providing a
means to test only the exit code.
RETURN VALUE
Exit status codes for are:
2 Invalid options were specified,
1 The standard input is not a terminal or pseudo-terminal,
0 The standard input is a terminal or pseudo-terminal.
Exit status codes for are:
2 Invalid options were specified,
1 The standard input is not a pseudo-terminal,
0 The standard input is a pseudo-terminal.
DIAGNOSTICS
standard input is not a terminal or pseudo-terminal for
standard input is not a pseudo-terminal for
AUTHOR
was developed by AT&T. was developed by HP.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
tty(1)