consoletype

CONSOLETYPE(1)                                                  CONSOLETYPE(1)



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

SYNOPSIS
       consoletype

DESCRIPTION
       consoletype  prints the type of console connected to standard input. 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 returns

       0      if on virtual terminal

       1      if on serial console

       2      if on a pseudo terminal.



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