.TH CONSOLETYPE 1 "Red Hat Software" "RHS" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
.B consoletype
\- print type of the console connected to standard input
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B consoletype
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B consoletype
prints the type of console connected to standard input. It prints
.I vt
if console is a virtual terminal (/dev/tty* or /dev/console device if not on
a serial console),
.I serial
if standard input is a serial console (/dev/console or /dev/ttyS*) and
.I pty
if standard input is a pseudo terminal.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.B consoletype
returns
.TP
.I 0
if on virtual terminal
.TP
.I 1
if on serial console
.TP
.I 2
if on a pseudo terminal.