@@ -225,9 +225,10 @@ void run(tty_t *tty){

 }

 static const char *usage_str = ""

-"USAGE: fzy [OPTION]...\n"

-" -l, --lines=LINES        Specify how many lines of results to show\n"

+"Usage: fzy [OPTION]...\n"

+" -l, --lines=LINES        Specify how many lines of results to show (default 10)\n"

 " -e, --show-matches=QUERY output the sorted matches of QUERY\n"

+" -t, --tty=TTY            Specify file to use as TTY device (default /dev/tty)\n"

 " -s, --show-scores        show the scores of each match\n"

 " -h, --help     display this help and exit\n"

 " -v, --version  output version information and exit\n";

@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ void usage(const char *argv0){

 static struct option longopts[] = {

 	{ "show-matches", required_argument, NULL, 'e' },

 	{ "lines", required_argument, NULL, 'l' },

+	{ "tty", required_argument, NULL, 't' },

 	{ "show-scores", no_argument, NULL, 's' },

 	{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },

 	{ "benchmark", no_argument, NULL, 'b' },

@@ -249,8 +251,9 @@ static struct option longopts[] = {

 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 	int benchmark = 0;

 	char *initial_query = NULL;

+	char *tty_filename = "/dev/tty";

 	char c;

-	while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "vhse:l:", longopts, NULL)) != -1){

+	while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "vhse:l:t:", longopts, NULL)) != -1){

 		switch(c){

 			case 'v':

 				printf("%s " VERSION " (c) 2014 John Hawthorn\n", argv[0]);

@@ -264,6 +267,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 			case 'b':

 				benchmark = 1;

 				break;

+			case 't':

+				tty_filename = optarg;

+				break;

 			case 'l':

 				{

 					int l;

@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 	}else{

 		/* interactive */

 		tty_t tty;

-		tty_init(&tty);

+		tty_init(&tty, tty_filename);

 		run(&tty);

 	}

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ void tty_reset(tty_t *tty){

 	tcsetattr(tty->fdin, TCSANOW, &tty->original_termios);

 }

-void tty_init(tty_t *tty){

-	tty->fdin = open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY);

-	tty->fout = fopen("/dev/tty", "w");

+void tty_init(tty_t *tty, const char *tty_filename){

+	tty->fdin = open(tty_filename, O_RDONLY);

+	tty->fout = fopen(tty_filename, "w");

 	setvbuf(tty->fout, NULL, _IOFBF, 4096);

 	tcgetattr(tty->fdin, &tty->original_termios);

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ typedef struct{

 } tty_t;

 void tty_reset(tty_t *tty);

-void tty_init(tty_t *tty);

+void tty_init(tty_t *tty, const char *tty_filename);

 char tty_getchar(tty_t *tty);

 void tty_setfg(tty_t *tty, int fg);