CHVT(1)

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version 2.10.0 · 3 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ CHVT(1) — General Commands Manual ✨

💖 NAME

chvt, which is "change foreground virtual terminal" 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS

chvt [option...]  [N]

🌸 DESCRIPTION

okay so chvt N makes /dev/ttyN your foreground terminal 💅 If that screen didn't exist yet, it gets created for you ✨ and if you want to clean up VTs you aren't using, that's what deallocvt(1) is for 🧹 Also, the key combo (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN, with N anywhere from 1-12, usually does something pretty similar, so it's giving the same energy 🔥

🎀 OPTIONS

  • -C, --console=DEV — pick which console device to use 🖥️
  • -V, --version — shows you the version number 🔢
  • -h, --help — pulls up the usage message if you forget how to use it 🙈

💜 AUTHORS

Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> 👑

🧚 SEE ALSO

deallocvt(1), openvt(1) 🌈

bestie, this page came from the kbd package, dated 24 October 2024 🫶 now you're literally a VT main character ✨💅

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