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31.\"	@(#)tty.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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34.Dd June 6, 1993
35.Dt TTY 1
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm tty
39.Nd return user's terminal name
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Fl s
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility writes the name of the terminal attached to standard input
47to standard output.
48The name that is written is the string returned by
49.Xr ttyname 3 .
50If the standard input is not a terminal, the message
51.Dq Li "not a tty"
52is written.
53The options are as follows:
54.Bl -tag -width indent
55.It Fl s
56Do not write the terminal name; only the exit status is affected
57when this option is specified.
58The
59.Fl s
60option is deprecated in favor of the
61.Dq Li "test -t 0"
62command.
63.El
64.Sh EXIT STATUS
65The
66.Nm
67utility
68exits 0 if the standard input is a terminal, 1 if the standard input is
69not a terminal, and >1 if an error occurs.
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr test 1 ,
72.Xr ttyname 3
73.Sh STANDARDS
74The
75.Nm
76utility is expected to be
77.St -p1003.2
78compatible.
79.Sh HISTORY
80A
81.Nm
82command appeared in
83.At v1 .
84