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Dd August 14, 2012
Dt STI 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm sti
Nd Simulate Terminal Input: send characters to a tty device
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Ar tty
Op Ar string ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
connects to the specified
Ar tty
and uses the
Dv TIOCSTI
Xr ioctl 2
to enter text as if it were typed in.
This
Xr ioctl 2
is limited to the superuser.
Pp
Nm
will send the provided
Ar string
if any; otherwise it sends the standard input.
The
Ar string
is interpreted using
Xr unvis 3 .
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr ioctl 2 ,
Xr unvis 3
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command first appeared in
Nx 4.0 .
Sh AUTHORS
The
Nm
command was written by
An Christos Zoulas
Aq [email protected] .