.\" @(#)chvt.1 1.0 970126 aeb
.TH CHVT 1 "26 January 1997" "kbd"
.SH NAME
chvt \- change foreground virtual terminal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chvt
[\fI\,option\/\fR...]
.I N
.SH DESCRIPTION
The command
.B chvt
.I N
makes
.I /dev/ttyN
the foreground terminal.
(The corresponding screen is created if it did not exist yet.
To get rid of unused VTs,
use
.BR deallocvt (1).)
The key combination
.RI (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-F N
(with
.I N
in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-V, \-\-version"
print program version and exit.
.TP
.I "\-h, \-\-help"
show this text and exit.