FGCONSOLE(1) General Commands Manual FGCONSOLE(1)
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 vir-
tual 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 sym-
links for compatibility.
AUTHORS
Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>
SEE ALSO
chvt(1), deallocvt(1), openvt(1)
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