chvt - Man Page

chvt [option...] N

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 combination (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN (with N in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.

-V,  --version

print program version and exit.

-h,  --help

show this text and exit.

deallocvt(1), fgconsole(1), fim(1), openvt(1), squeak(1), x11vnc(1).