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STI(8)                      System Manager's Manual                     STI(8)

NAME
     sti - Simulate Terminal Input: send characters to a tty device

SYNOPSIS
     sti tty [string ...]

DESCRIPTION
     sti connects to the specified tty and uses the TIOCSTI ioctl(2) to enter
     text as if it were typed in.  This ioctl(2) is limited to the superuser.

     sti will send the provided string if any; otherwise it sends the standard
     input.  The string is interpreted using unvis(3).

SEE ALSO
     ioctl(2), unvis(3)

HISTORY
     The sti command first appeared in NetBSD 4.0.

AUTHORS
     The sti command was written by Christos Zoulas <christos@NetBSD.org>.

NetBSD 11.99                    August 14, 2012                   NetBSD 11.99