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TTY(1)								   User Commands							    TTY(1)

NAME
tty - print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input 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
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report tty translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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. SEE ALSO
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tty> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tty invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 TTY(1)

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TTY(1)								   User Commands							    TTY(1)

NAME
tty - print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input 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 tty bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> Report tty translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for tty is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and tty programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'tty invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 TTY(1)
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