RE: Getting ttyx

[Bob McGowan <bob.mcgowan@artecon.com>]

Several ways, including piping the tty output to sed or cut or awk.  But
my preference would be:

	basename $(tty) # assumes you are using bash, ksh etc.
or

	basename `tty` # back quotes for sh

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Bob McGowan
i'm:  bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com

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> From: mickyb@es.co.nz [mailto:mickyb@es.co.nz]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 11:50 PM
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> Subject: Getting ttyx
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> 
> 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.
> 
> 
>                        Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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