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function Deno.isatty

Check if a given resource id (rid) is a TTY (a terminal).

// This example is system and context specific
const nonTTYRid = Deno.openSync("my_file.txt").rid;
const ttyRid = Deno.openSync("/dev/tty6").rid;
console.log(Deno.isatty(nonTTYRid)); // false
console.log(Deno.isatty(ttyRid)); // true
Deno.close(nonTTYRid);
Deno.close(ttyRid);

Parameters

rid: number

Returns

boolean