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CHVT(1)                                General Commands Manual                               CHVT(1)



NAME
       chvt - change foreground virtual terminal

SYNOPSIS
       chvt [option...]  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  com‐
       bination (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN (with N in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.

OPTIONS
       -V, --version
              print program version and exit.

       -h, --help
              show this text and exit.



kbd                                        26 January 1997                                   CHVT(1)