man > tty(1)

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.

REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2023 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'

GNU coreutils 9.4                           January 2026                                      TTY(1)