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tty

tty [options]

Print the device name of your terminal. This is useful for shell scripts and often for commands that need device information.

Options

-l

Print the synchronous line number.

-s

Return only the codes: 0 (a terminal), 1 (not a terminal), 2 (invalid options used).

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