On 12:04:35 Dec 06, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > One Day One GNU/Linux Command > ============================= > > chvt -- CHange foreground Virtual Terminal. > > Summary: > > In GNU/Linux OS, be default, 6 virtual text mode console terminals > will be running. User can switch between this terminals using Left > Side Ctrl + Alt + FunKey(1 - 6). > > chvt command is also used to switch between this terminals. It can > be used in shell scripts. > > Examples: > > $ chvt 1 -- Switch from current terminal to /dev/tty1. > > $ chvt 2 -- Switch from current terminal to /dev/tty2. > > Read: man chvt > > TIP: Screen Dump in Text console. > > # sudo cat /dev/vcs2 > scrdump.txt -- Take the screen dump of > /dev/tty2 in scrdump.txt file.
This is a nice command. -Girish _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
