PROGRAM delim IMPLICIT NONE INTEGER :: err OPEN (42, FILE="/dev/tty", ACTION='write', IOSTAT=err) IF (err /= 0) THEN PRINT *, "Unable to open /dev/tty" STOP END IF ! Either of these two methods works, plus others. WRITE (42, *) '"', "Kilroy was here", '"' WRITE (42, *) '"' // "Kilroy was here" // '"' IF (err /= 0) THEN PRINT *, "Unable to write to /dev/tty" STOP END IF CLOSE (42, IOSTAT=err) IF (err /= 0) THEN PRINT *, "Unable to close /dev/tty" STOP END IF END PROGRAM delim