fgconsole1
Print the number of the active vt.
Usage
fgconsole [options]
Overview
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
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-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.
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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.
Notes
Under devfs, the consoles are in /dev/vc/N. devfsd may maintain symlinks for compatibility.
Releases
16 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 8 times.
--console since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--help since Debian 10 (Buster);
--next-available since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--version since Debian 10 (Buster);
-C since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-V since Debian 10 (Buster);
-h since Debian 10 (Buster);
-n since Debian 13 (Trixie).