CHVT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 26 January 1997
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NAME
chvt - change foreground virtual terminal
SYNOPSIS
chvt
[,option/...]
N
DESCRIPTION
The command
chvt
N
makes
/dev/ttyN
the foreground terminal.
(The corresponding screen is created if it did not exist yet.
To get rid of unused VTs,
use
deallocvt(1).)
The key combination
(Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN
(with
N
in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.
OPTIONS
- -V, --version
-
print program version and exit.
- -h, --help
-
show this text and exit.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- OPTIONS
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