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.

-C,  --console=DEV

the console device to be used.

-V,  --version

print version number.

-h,  --help

print this usage message.

Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>

deallocvt(1), openvt(1)

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