On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 06:49:38PM +1200, Michael Beattie 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.
Whelp, here's a thought:
~$ tty
Michael Beattie 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/ ?
basename `tty`
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Michael Beattie 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/ ?
basename `tty`
[etc]
Thanks to all for replies... I have lots of options now.. thanks!
On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 02:55:22PM +1200, Michael Beattie 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/ ?
basename `tty`
[etc]
Thanks to all for replies... I have lots of options now..
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-
=)
\EF
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try something like:
mytty=$(basename $(tty))
echo $mytty
jim
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On Thu, 28 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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!
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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tty|cut -c6-
Bob
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:49:38 +1200 (NZST)
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,
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