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 CHVT
Section: User Commands  (1) Updated: 26 January 1997 Index
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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-F N
(with
 N
in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.
 
  
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