What is a tty under Linux / UNIX? How do I find out what tty I'm on?
TTY is nothing but computer terminal which act as a basic device for using a computer. Open a command-line terminal (select Applications > Accessories > Terminal). To display the file name of the terminal connected to standard input, enter:
$ tty
Sample outputs:
/dev/pts/0
You can also use the who command and w command to find out your own or other logged-in users tty:
$ who
$ w
Linux / UNIX / BSD / Apple OSX: What tty I'm using?
There are different types of text terminals:
- Dumb terminals
- Text terminals
- Graphic GUI Capabilities of text terminals
You can also view the manual page on tty using the following command:
$ man 4 tty
$ man pts
$ man tty
$ man who
$ man w
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