deallocvt1
Deallocate unused virtual consoles
Usage
deallocvt [option ...]
[N ...]
Overview
The command deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for all unused virtual consoles. If one or more arguments N ... are given, only the corresponding consoles /dev/ttyN are deallocated.
A virtual console is unused if it is not the foreground console, and no process has it open for reading or writing, and no text has been selected on its screen.
Options
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-C, --console=DEV -
the console device to be used.
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-V, --version -
print version number.
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-h, --help -
print this usage message.
Releases
16 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 4 times.
--console since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--help since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--version since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-C since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-V since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-h since Debian 11 (Bullseye).