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            "text": "# screendump(1) (man)\n\n**Summary:** screendump - dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout\n\n**Synopsis:** screendump [ N ]\n\n## See Also\n\n- setterm(1)\n\n## Section Outline\n\n- **NAME** (3 lines)\n- **SYNOPSIS** (3 lines)\n- **DESCRIPTION** (8 lines)\n- **NOTES** (14 lines)\n- **SEE ALSO** (6 lines)\n\n## Full Content\n\n### NAME\n\nscreendump - dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout\n\n### SYNOPSIS\n\nscreendump [ N ]\n\n### DESCRIPTION\n\nThe screendump command dumps the contents of virtual console N , (or the current console if N\nis omitted) to standard out.\n\nJust saying\ncat /dev/vcsN\nhas a similar effect.\n\n### NOTES\n\nFor security reasons, screendump uses linux devices \"virtual  console  screen\"  and  \"virtual\nconsole screen with attributes\" to give access for screendump.\n\nEnsure these files exist, using\n\ncd /dev for i in 0 1 2 3 ...; do\nmknod vcs$i c 7 $i\nmknod vcsa$i c 7 `expr 128 + $i`\ndone\n\n(filling  in  the ellipses) and give the device files appropriate permissions, or run screen‐‐\ndump as root.\n\n### SEE ALSO\n\nsetterm(1)\n\n\n\n\nkbd                                          2002-02-24                                SCREENDUMP(1)\n\n"
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