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fgconsole — Print the number of the foreground virtual terminal. More information: <https://manned.org/fgconsole

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Problem

How to use the fgconsole command: Print the number of the foreground virtual terminal. More information: <https://manned.org/fgconsole>.

Solution

fgconsole — Print the number of the foreground virtual terminal. More information: <https://manned.org/fgconsole>.

Print current terminal number or serial if the terminal is serial:
fgconsole


Print the next unallocated virtual terminal:
fgconsole {{[-n|--next-available]}}

Code Snippets

Print current terminal number or `serial` if the terminal is serial

fgconsole

Print the next unallocated virtual terminal

fgconsole {{[-n|--next-available]}}

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tldr-pages: linux/fgconsole

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