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From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org>
To: Ben Woods <woodsb02@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r447625 - in head/sysutils: . chvt chvt/files
References: <201708091208.v79C8d91081610@repo.freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:32:25 +0200
In-Reply-To: <201708091208.v79C8d91081610@repo.freebsd.org> (Ben Woods's
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Ben Woods <woodsb02@FreeBSD.org> writes:

> Author: woodsb02
> Date: Wed Aug  9 12:08:39 2017
> New Revision: 447625
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/447625
>
> Log:
>   Add new port sysutils/chvt
>   
>   The command chvt N makes /dev/ttyv(N-1) the foreground terminal.
>   The key combination Ctrl-Alt-FN (with N in the range 1-12) has a similar effect.
>   
>   WWW: https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2009/11/msg00006.html

FYI, on FreeBSD you can implement chvt(1) via shell script:

$ cat ~/bin/chvt
#! /bin/sh
# The file is under Public Domain if not obvious
vidcontrol </dev/ttyv0 -s "${1?usage: chvt N}"