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On Linux, "chvt 3" will switch to virtual console 3 and so on.
For SCO (only on the console) you can use the following ESCAPE sequence to switch (for example) to multiscreen '4':
echo "\033[3z"
The general syntax is:
echo "\033[xz"
where 'x' is a number ranging from 0 to 11 corresponding to the default 12 available console multiscreens.
Roberto Zini
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