Useful command, but I get this error:

$ chvt 2
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

Ctrl Alt F2 works fine

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.

HTH :)
--
Bharathi S


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