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FGCONSOLE
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 24 October 2024
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NAME
fgconsole - print the number of the active VT.
SYNOPSIS
fgconsole
[,options/]
DESCRIPTION
If the active Virtual Terminal is
/dev/ttyN,
then prints
N
on standard output.
If the console is a serial console, then
"serial"
is printed instead.
OPTIONS
- -n, --next-available
-
Will show the next unallocated virtual terminal. Normally 6 virtual
terminals are allocated, with number 7 used for X; this will return
"8" in this case.
- -C, --console=,DEV/
-
the console device to be used.
- -V, --version
-
print version number.
- -h, --help
-
print this usage message.
NOTES
Under
devfs,
the consoles are in
/dev/vc/N.
devfsd
may maintain symlinks for compatibility.
AUTHORS
Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>
SEE ALSO
chvt(1),
deallocvt(1),
openvt(1)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- NOTES
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- AUTHORS
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- SEE ALSO
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