Linux agetty Command

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

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:

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

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.