chvt (1) Linux Manual Page

chvt – change foreground virtual terminal

Synopsis

chvt [,option/…] 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.

Options

-V, –version

print program version and exit.

-h, –help

show this text and exit.