tty is a Unix command that prints on standard output file name connected to standard input. The program's name comes from teletypewriter, abbreviated "TTY".
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TTY with 256 colors?
With URxvt and xterm it is possible to use a virtual terminal supporting 256 colors instead of only eight. Since my Intel GMA graphics card is well-supported by the KMS framebuffer driver, I am ...
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Console commands to change virtual ttys in Linux and OpenBSD
In Linux one presses Alt-F1, Alt-F2 etc to change virtual ttys.
In OpenBSD one shall use Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc instead.
My question is if there are console commands for these two operating systems that ...
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less emulate a TTY to preserve piped color output
When you pipe something through less, the program usually discards color codes because it's not outputting to a TTY. So you have to add --color=always to the options for it to work.
ls -l ...
