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CHVT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS

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.