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NAME
6chvt - change foreground virtual terminal
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SYNOPSIS
9chvt N
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DESCRIPTION
12The command chvt N makes /dev/ttyN the foreground terminal. (The cor‐
13responding screen is created if it did not exist yet. To get rid of
14unused VTs, use deallocvt(1).) The key combination (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-FN
15(with N in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.
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