deallocvt(1) — Linux manual page

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DEALLOCVT(1)             General Commands Manual             DEALLOCVT(1)

NAME         top

       deallocvt - deallocate unused virtual consoles

SYNOPSIS         top

       deallocvt [option...]  [N ...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       The command deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data
       structures for all unused virtual consoles.  If one or more
       arguments N ...  are given, only the corresponding consoles
       /dev/ttyN are deallocated.

       A virtual console is unused if it is not the foreground console,
       and no process has it open for reading or writing, and no text has
       been selected on its screen.

OPTIONS         top

       -C, --console=DEV
              the console device to be used.

       -V, --version
              print version number.

       -h, --help
              print this usage message.

AUTHORS         top

       Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>

SEE ALSO         top

       chvt(1), openvt(1)

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kbd                          24 October 2024                 DEALLOCVT(1)

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