TTY(1)

📦
version 9.10 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

✨ TTY(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to tty from the User Commands girlies 💅 this is the manual for GNU coreutils' tiniest little icon, and yes she's one line of output but she ATE 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

tty — prints the file name of the terminal that's connected to standard input 🦋

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

tty [OPTION]...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one command, optional flags, no drama 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does she DO? She prints the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. That's the whole job. She's like the friend who just tells you where you are when you're lost — no commentary, no opinions, just the address 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -s, --silent, --quiet — print absolutely nothing, bestie, just return an exit status. she's going nonverbal but she's still communicating, and honestly? iconic 😭
  • --help — display this help and exit. she'll hand you the cheat sheet and dip 👑
  • --version — output version information and exit. she'll tell you who she is and then leave, main character energy fr fr ⭐

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Written by David MacKenzie. thank you king, we owe you everything 🙇‍♀️

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

Found a bug? Not a vibe. Report it, bestie:

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • Packaged by Ubuntu (9.10-1ubuntu2)
  • Copyright © 2026 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.
lowkey important: that "NO WARRANTY" thing is real, not a joke. don't come for anyone if it breaks, that's literally the deal 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was GNU coreutils 9.10, dropped in August 2026, and you just read the iconic TTY(1) page 🎀 go check if you're in a terminal, slay, periodt 💅✨

📦 where this page comes from