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OPENVT(1)		      Linux User's Manual		     OPENVT(1)

NAME
       openvt - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).

SYNOPSIS
       openvt  [-c  vtnumber]  [-f]  [-s]  [-u]	 [-l]  [-v]  [--] command com‐
       mand_options

DESCRIPTION
       openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the  given  com‐
       mand  with  the given command options, standard input, output and error
       are directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PATH) is  used
       to  find	 the  requested	 command.  If no command is specified then the
       environment variable $SHELL is used.

   OPTIONS
       -c vtnumber
	      Use the given VT number and not the first	 available.  Note  you
	      must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.

       -f     Force  opening  a	 VT:  don't try to check if a VT is already in
	      use.

       -s     Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The  VT  of  the
	      new command will be made the new current VT.

       -b     Switch  back  to	the controlling terminal when the command com‐
	      pletes.  This is useful only with -w option.

       -u     Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run  login  as  that
	      user.   Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c
	      or -l.

       -l     Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name  of
	      the command to be executed.

       -v     Be a bit more verbose.

       -w     Wait for command to complete.

       --     end of options to openvt.

EXAMPLES
       openvt  can  be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the
       command:

       openvt bash

       To start the shell as a login shell, use:

       openvt -l bash

SEE ALSO
       chvt(1), login(1).

AUTHOR
       Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>

HISTORY
       Earlier,	 openvt	 was  called  open.   It  was  written	by  Jon	 Tombs
       <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>. The
       -w idea from "sam".

Console tools			  19 Jul 1996			     OPENVT(1)
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