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tty

command to print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
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Summary

tty is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. tty ranks in the top 9% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tty's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • tty's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/075csj[4].
  • tty's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/tty.html[5].
  • tty's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[6].
  • tty's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[7].
  • tty's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[8].
  • tty's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[9].
  • tty's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[10].

Why It Matters

tty ranks in the top 9% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2] tty has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). tty. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tty
MLA “tty.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tty.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tty_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tty}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tty}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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