NAME¶
chvt - change foreground virtual terminal
SYNOPSIS¶
chvt N
DESCRIPTION¶
The command
chvt N makes /dev/tty
N the foreground terminal.
The corresponding screen is created if it did not exist yet. To get rid of
unused VTs, use
deallocvt(1).
The keymap action `Console_
N' (usually bound to key combination
(Ctrl-)LeftAlt-F
N, with
N in the range 1-12, and to
RightAlt-F
N-12 with
N in the range 13-24) also allows to switch
to another VT, but really switches only if it is already allocated. This
prevents allocating new VTs with a misplaced keystroke.
SEE ALSO¶
deallocvt(1).
