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 bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tty>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tty invocation'