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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 current
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 ter-
minal.
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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