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x/deno/cli/tsc/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts>Deno.isatty

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function Deno.isatty
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Deprecated

This will be removed in Deno 2.0. See the Deno 1.x to 2.x Migration Guide for migration instructions.

import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/deno@v1.41.0/cli/tsc/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts";
const { isatty } = Deno;

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

Parameters

rid: number

Returns

boolean