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.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later .
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
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tty invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 TTY(1)