\section isatty isatty - test if the specified file descriptor is a tty \subsection isatty-synopsis Synopsis isatty [FILE DESCRIPTOR] \subsection isatty-description Description The isatty command is used to test if a file descriptor is a tty. FILE DESCRIPTOR may be either the number of a file descriptor, or one of the strings stdin, stdout and stderr. If the specified file descriptor is a tty, the exit status of the command is zero, otherwise, it is non-zero.