NAME
chvt - change foreground virtual terminal
SYNOPSIS
I chvt
I 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 keymap action
`Console_N'
(usually bound to key combination
(Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN,
with
N
in the range 1-12, and to
RightAlt-FN-12
with
N
in the range 13-24) also allows to switch to another VT, but really switches
only if it is already allocated. This prevents allocating new VTs with a
misplaced keystroke.
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