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+\section isatty isatty - Test if the specidied file descriptor is a tty
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+\subsection isatty-synopsis Synopsis
+ <tt>isatty [FILE DESCRIPTOR]</tt>
+
+where FILE DESCRIPTOR may be either the number of a file descriptor, or one
+of the strings stdin, stdout and stderr.
+
+If he specified file descriptor is a tty, the exit status of the
+command is zero, otherwise, it is non-zero.
+
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