fgconsole — print the number of the active VT.
Synopsis
fgconsole [ -h --help | -V --version | -n --next-available ]
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.
- -h --help
Prints short usage message and exits.
- -V --version
Prints version number and exits.
- --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.
Notes
Under devfs, the consoles are in /dev/vc/N. devfsd may maintain symlinks for compatibility.
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14 Feburary 2002 Linux User's Manual