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Quick Screen -command reference

Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells).

DescriptionCommand

Start a new session with session name
screen -S <session_name>
List running sessions / screensscreen -ls
Attach to a running sessionscreen -x
Attach to a running session with namescreen -r <session_name>
Detach a running sessionscreen -d <session_name>

Switching between screens

When you do nested screen, you can switch between screen using command “Ctrl-A” and “n“. It will be move to the next screen. When you need to go to the previous screen, just press “Ctrl-A” and “p“.

To create a new screen window, just press “Ctrl-A” and “c“.

Leaving Screen

There are 2 (two) ways to leaving the screen. First, we are using “Ctrl-A” and “d” to detach the screen. Second, we can use the exit command to terminating screen. You also can use “Ctrl-A” and “K” to kill the screen.

That’s some of screen usage on daily basis. There are still a lot of features inside the screen command. You may see screen man page for more detail or this page https://gist.github.com/jctosta/af918e1618682638aa82.

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