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CHVT

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

chvt - change foreground virtual terminal

SYNOPSIS

chvtN

DESCRIPTION

The commandchvtNmakes/dev/ttyNthe foreground terminal.(The corresponding screen is created if it did not exist yet.To get rid of unused VTs,usedeallocvt(1).)The key combination (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN (with N in the range 1-12)usually has a similar effect.

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