Linux tty Command

What is Linux tty Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use tty command in Linux. tty command is tty - print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input.

tty Syntax#

tty [OPTION]...

tty Examples#

tty Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of tty command. tty command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for tty command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man tty

To open info page for tty command we can use command below.

info tty

To open help page from tty command we can run command below.

tty --help

Linux tty Command Source Code#

You can find tty command source code from the folowing repositories:

• tty source code on GitHub
• tty source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• tty source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use tty in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.