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function Deno.isatty
import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/deno@v1.28.0/cli/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
Deno.close(nonTTYRid);
Deno.close(ttyRid);

Parameters

rid: number

Returns

boolean