Manual: fgconsole

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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 
       Manpage by Alastair McKinstry 

SEE ALSO
       chvt(1), deallocvt(1), openvt(1)

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