tty Command in Linux

DESCRIPTION

To print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input (keyboard) you need to use command called tty. This command is available on Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and other Unixish operating systems. The tty utility writes the name of the terminal attached to standard input to standard output. You can also use who or w command to find out terminal/tty.

SYNOPSIS

tty [OPTION]…

OPTIONS :

-s, –silent, –quiet
print nothing, only return an exit status
–help
display this help and exit
–version
output version information and exit

EXAMPLE

$ tty
/dev/tty3

You can also use w or who commands to find out tty:

$ w
 
NAME     LINE         TIME         COMMENT
abcde    tty1         Feb  6 00:26
root     tty2         Feb  5 14:57

OR use who command:

$ who
 
abcde    tty1         Feb  6 00:26
root     tty2         Feb  5 14:57