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FGCONSOLE
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: 24 October 2024
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NAME
fgconsole - print the number of the active VT.SYNOPSIS
fgconsole [,options/]DESCRIPTION
If the active Virtual Terminal is /dev/ttyN, then prints N on standard output.If the console is a serial console, then "serial" is printed instead.
OPTIONS
- -n, --next-available
- Will show the next unallocated virtual terminal. Normally 6 virtual terminals are allocated, with number 7 used for X; this will return "8" in this case.
- -C, --console=,DEV/
- the console device to be used.
- -V, --version
- print version number.
- -h, --help
-
print this usage message.
NOTES
Under devfs, the consoles are in /dev/vc/N. devfsd may maintain symlinks for compatibility.AUTHORS
Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>
SEE ALSO
chvt(1), deallocvt(1), openvt(1)