#!/bin/bash PPID=`ps -o ppid -p $$` echo parent PID $PPID PTTY=`ps -p $PPID -o tty --no-headers` echo parent TTY $PTTY while IFS= read -r line; do echo "read one line"; done while IFS= read -r line; do echo "read one line 2"; done < /dev/$PTTY