Screen in Shell
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Start
- To start a fresh screen session:
$ screen
- It is always a good idea to check the status of your sessions by means of
screen -list
- All screen commands start with
Ctrl-a
Help
Full list of available command can be obtained by doing
Ctrl-a ?
Create
- To Open a new screen within the screen session:
Ctrl-a c
Switch
- to last accessed screen.
Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
- to next
Ctrl-a n
- to previous screens.
Ctrl-a p
Detach
To disconnect, leaving the session running in background:
Ctrl-a d.
Reattach
screen -r
Info
show all window information
Ctrl-a w
Rename
rename the current screen to a more meaningful name do a
Ctrl-a A
Screen Reference Card
Basics: -ctrl a c -> create new window -ctrl a A -> set window name -ctrl a w -> show all window -ctrl a 1|2|3|... -> switch to window n -ctrl a " -> choose window -ctrl a ctrl a -> switch between window -ctrl a d -> detach window -ctrl a ? -> help -ctrl a [ -> start copy, move cursor to the copy location, press ENTER, select the chars, press ENTER to copy the selected characters to the buffer -ctrl a ] -> paste from buffer How to start screen: -screen -DR -> list of detached screen -screen -r PID -> attach detached screen session -screen -dmS MySession -> start a detached screen session -screen -r MySession -> attach screen session with name MySession Advanced: -ctrl a S -> create split screen -ctrl a TAB -> switch between split screens If you created a new split screen, the current window is empty. either select an existing window (ctrl a ") or create a new split screen (ctrl a n). -ctrl a Q -> Kill all regions but the current one. -ctrl a X -> remove active window from split screen -ctrl a O -> logout active window (disable output) -ctrl a I -> login active window (enable output)
