consoletype

CONSOLETYPE(1)						       CONSOLETYPE(1)



NAME
       consoletype - print type of the console connected to standard input

SYNOPSIS
       consoletype [fg]

DESCRIPTION
       consoletype  prints  the	 type of console connected to standard input,
       and checks whether the console connected to standard input is the cur-
       rent  foreground	 virtual  console. With no arguments, it prints vt if
       console is a virtual terminal (/dev/tty* or /dev/console device if not
       on  a  serial  console),	 serial if standard input is a serial console
       (/dev/console or /dev/ttyS*) and pty if standard	 input	is  a  pseudo
       terminal.

RETURN VALUE
       consoletype when passed no arguments returns

       0      if on virtual terminal

       1      if on serial console

       2      if on a pseudo terminal.

       When passed the fg argument, consoletype returns

       0      if  the console connected to standard input is the current vir-
	      tual terminal

       1      otherwise.



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