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This is much easier than I thought!<br />

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#also:<br />
use POSIX;<br />
$tty=POSIX::ttyname(2);<br />

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#also:
use POSIX;
$tty=POSIX::ttyname(2);


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How can I determine what is the current tty name? The only way I know is to issue &quot;system(&quot;tty&quot;) &gt;&nbsp;somefile&quot; and read the file afterwards.
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How can I determine what is the current tty name? The only way I know is to issue "system("tty") > somefile" and read the file afterwards.

Getting tty name from script

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