SCO Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ

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Is it possible to switch screen from a SCO Unix application?

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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