fgconsole - print the number of the active VT.

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  NOTES  AUTHORS  SEE ALSO 

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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 <[email protected]>
Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

chvt(1), deallocvt(1), openvt(1)

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