CHVT(1) General Commands Manual CHVT(1)
NAME
chvt - change foreground virtual terminal
SYNOPSIS
chvt [ --userwait ] N
DESCRIPTION
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.
The --userwait option causes the system to loop in userspace waiting for the new terminal to become active, as opposed to the kernel-side
VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl.
26 January 1997 CHVT(1)
