Re: Getting ttyx

[mickyb@es.co.nz (Michael Beattie)]

On Thu, 28 May 1998 forsberg@audiophile.com wrote:

> > What is the best way to get the current console's tty? I know tty does the
> > job, but how do I find the name WITHOUT the /dev/ ? i.e. tty1, tty2, tty3
> > etc? I want to use it with bl in a script.
> 
> tty | cut -c 6-
> 
> =)


Thanks!


                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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