Manpages - chvt.1

chvt - change foreground virtual terminal

chvt [/option/…] N

The command chvt N makes /dev/ttyN the foreground terminal. (The corresponding screen is created if it did not exist yet. To get rid of unused VTs, use *deallocvt*(1).) The key combination (Ctrl-)LeftAlt-F/N/ (with N in the range 1-12) usually has a similar effect.

-V, –version

print program version and exit.

-h, –help

show this text and exit.