CHVT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 26 January 1997
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NAME

chvt - change foreground virtual terminal  

SYNOPSIS

chvt 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.