DEALLOCVT(1) General Commands Manual DEALLOCVT(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

deallocvt - deallocate unused virtual consoles

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**deallocvt** \[*option*...] \[*N* ...]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

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](#OPTIONS)

[**-C**, **--console**=*DEV*](#C)

the console device to be used.

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

print version number.

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

print this usage message.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**chvt**(1)](/man/os/kbd/chvt.1), [**openvt**(1)](/man/os/kbd/openvt.1)

24 October 2024 kbd

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Document: deallocvt(1) from kbd 2.10.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/legionus/kbd