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.