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.\" $NetBSD: sti.8,v 1.5 2008/04/30 13:11:03 martin Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
.\" by Christos Zoulas.
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.Dd November 10, 2005
.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
will send the provided
.Ar string
to the
.Ar tty
specified in the command line using
.Xr ioctl 2
.Dv TIOCSTI ,
or send the standard input if a
.Ar string
is not supplied.
This
.Xr ioctl 2
is limited to the superuser.
.Pp
The
.Ar string
is interpreted using
.Xr unvis 3 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ioctl 2 ,
.Xr unvis 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
first appeared at
.Nx 4.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
command was written by
.An Christos Zoulas
.Aq christos@NetBSD.org .