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1.1       root        1: .TH TTY 1
                      2: .CT 1 comm_term
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: tty, logtty \- get terminal name
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B tty
                      7: [
                      8: .B -s
                      9: ]
                     10: .PP
                     11: .B logtty
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Tty
                     14: prints the pathname associated with the standard input file
                     15: if it can be found in
                     16: the
                     17: .F /dev
                     18: directory,
                     19: .L "nameless pipe/"
                     20: and a unique string if the file is a pipe,
                     21: .L "not a tty"
                     22: otherwise.
                     23: Option
                     24: .L -s
                     25: suppresses output,
                     26: returning exit status only.
                     27: .PP
                     28: .I Logtty
                     29: prints the pathname associated with the terminal
                     30: on which the current session was logged in.
                     31: If the login terminal can't be found,
                     32: .L "no login tty"
                     33: is printed.
                     34: .PP
                     35: In a 
                     36: .IR mux (9.1)
                     37: window,
                     38: .I tty
                     39: reports the name of the window, while
                     40: .I logtty
                     41: reports the name of the terminal.
                     42: But see 
                     43: .SM BUGS.
                     44: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     45: .IR who (1)
                     46: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     47: Exit status is
                     48: 0 if a real pathname was printed,
                     49: 1 for
                     50: .LR "not a tty"
                     51: or
                     52: .LR "no login tty" ,
                     53: 2 for a pipe.
                     54: .SH BUGS
                     55: Mounting something atop the login terminal
                     56: hides it from
                     57: .IR logtty .
                     58: .IR Vismon (9.1)
                     59: does this.
                     60: .PP
                     61: Try
                     62: .LR "tty </" .

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