NAME¶

fgconsole - print the number of the active VT.

SYNOPSIS¶

fgconsole [options]

DESCRIPTION¶

If the active Virtual Terminal is /dev/ttyN, then prints N on standard output.

If the console is a serial console, then "serial" is printed instead.

OPTIONS¶

-n, --next-available

Will show the next unallocated virtual terminal. Normally 6 virtual terminals are allocated, with number 7 used for X; this will return "8" in this case.

-C, --console=DEV

the console device to be used.

-V, --version

print version number.

-h, --help

print this usage message.

NOTES¶

Under devfs, the consoles are in /dev/vc/N. devfsd may maintain symlinks for compatibility.

AUTHORS¶

Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>

SEE ALSO¶

chvt(1), deallocvt(1), openvt(1)