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chvt

change foreground virtual terminal

Synopsis

chvt N


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  sudo chvt 1; sudo chvt 7
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  suspend|hibernate)




  chvt 1




  ;;




  resume|thaw)




  chvt 7




  ;;




  esac




  exit 0
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  if [ "8" = `vtcurrent` ]; then




  chvt 7




  else




  chvt 8




  fi

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-FN (with N in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.

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