1.\" $NetBSD: sti.8,v 1.6 2009/08/28 21:19:13 hubertf Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Christos Zoulas. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd November 10, 2005 31.Dt STI 8 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm sti 35.Nd Simulate Terminal Input: send characters to a tty device 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Ar tty 39.Op Ar string ... 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41.Nm 42will send the provided 43.Ar string 44to the 45.Ar tty 46specified in the command line using 47.Xr ioctl 2 48.Dv TIOCSTI , 49or send the standard input if no 50.Ar string 51is supplied. 52This 53.Xr ioctl 2 54is limited to the superuser. 55.Pp 56The 57.Ar string 58is interpreted using 59.Xr unvis 3 . 60.Sh SEE ALSO 61.Xr ioctl 2 , 62.Xr unvis 3 63.Sh HISTORY 64The 65.Nm 66first appeared at 67.Nx 4.0 . 68.Sh AUTHORS 69The 70.Nm 71command was written by 72.An Christos Zoulas 73.Aq christos@NetBSD.org . 74