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showconsolefont - Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  SEE ALSO 

NAME

showconsolefont − Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

SYNOPSIS

showconsolefont [options]

DESCRIPTION

The showconsolefont command outputs the current console font to stdout. On Linux 2.6.1 and later, the option −C allows one to indicate the console involved. Its argument is a pathname.

OPTIONS

−i, −−info

don’t print out the font table, just show: ROWSxCOLSxCOUNT and exit.

−C, −−console=DEV

the console device to be used.

−v, −−verbose

be more verbose.

−V, −−version

print version number.

−h, −−help

print this usage message.

SEE ALSO

setfont(8)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se