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CHVT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO

NAME

chvt ? change foreground virtual terminal

SYNOPSIS

chvtN

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 keymap action ‘Console_N’ (usually bound to key combination (Ctrl?)LeftAlt?FN, with N in the range 1-12, and to RightAlt?FN?12 with N in the range 13-24) also allows to switch to another VT, but really switches only if it is already allocated. This prevents allocating new VTs with a misplaced keystroke.

SEE ALSO

deallocvt(1).


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