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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Bob McGowan
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> 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.
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