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SHOWCONSOLEFONT

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 24 October 2024
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NAME

showconsolefont - Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

SYNOPSIS

showconsolefont [,options/]

DESCRIPTION

The showconsolefont command outputs the current console font to stdout. On Linux 2.6.1 and later, the option -C allows one to indicate the console involved. Its argument is a pathname.

OPTIONS

-i, --info: don't print out the font table, just show: ROWSxCOLSxCOUNT and exit.
-C, --console=,DEV/: the console device to be used.
-v, --verbose: be more verbose.
-V, --version: print version number.
-h, --help: print this usage message.