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 Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . 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 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tty invocation' GNU coreutils 9.11 July 2026 TTY(1)