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 virtual 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 symlinks for compatibility.

AUTHORS

       Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
       Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>

SEE ALSO

       chvt(1), deallocvt(1), openvt(1)

kbd                                              24 October 2024                                    FGCONSOLE(1)