Linux agetty Command

What is Linux agetty Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use agetty command in Linux. agetty command is agetty - alternative Linux getty.

agetty Syntax#

agetty [options] port [baud_rate...] [term]

agetty Examples#

agetty Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of agetty command. agetty command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for agetty command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man agetty

To open info page for agetty command we can use command below.

info agetty

To open help page from agetty command we can run command below.

agetty --help

Linux agetty Command Source Code#

You can find agetty command source code from the folowing repositories:

• agetty source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use agetty in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.