Screen

Getting Started

Getting started

$ screen

1. Press Ctrl-A D to detach session

2. List all screen sessions

$ screen -ls

3. Re-attach a screen Session

$ screen -r <name/pid>

Options

Options	Example	Description
`-S`	screen -S debug	Start a new session with session name
`-ls`	screen -ls	List running sessions / screens
`-x`	screen -x	Attach to a running session
`-r`	screen -r debug	Attach to a running session with name
`-R`	screen -R debug	Attach to a session (Will create if it doesn’t exist)
`-d`	screen -d -m wget xxxx.com/large.file	Start screen in detached mode
`-X`	screen -X -S debug kill	Kill a running session
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Help

Command	Description
`Ctrl-A` `?`	See help (Lists keybindings)
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Window Management

Command	Description
`Ctrl-A` `C`	Create new window
`Ctrl-A` `Ctrl-A`	Change to last-visited active window
`Ctrl-A` `0...9`	Change to window by number
`Ctrl-A` `'` `<0...9 or title>`	Change to window by number or name
`Ctrl-A` `N` or `Ctrl-A` `<space>`	Change to next window in list
`Ctrl-A` `P` or `Ctrl-A` `<backspace>`	Change to previous window in list
`Ctrl-A` `"`	See window list
`Ctrl-A` `W`	Show window bar
`Ctrl-A` `K`	Kill current window (not recommended)
`Ctrl-A` `\`	Kill all windows (not recommended)
`Ctrl-A` `A`	Rename current window
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Getting Out

Command	Description
`Ctrl-A` `D`	Detach
`Ctrl-A` `D` `D`	Detach and logout (quick exit)
`Ctrl-A` `:`	Exit all session
`Ctrl-A` `C-\`	Force-exit screen (not recommended)
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Split screen

Command	Description
`Ctrl-A` `S`	Split display horizontally
`Ctrl-A` `V`	Split display vertically
`Ctrl-A` `	`
`Ctrl-A` `TAB`	Jump to next display region
`Ctrl-A` `X`	Remove current region
`Ctrl-A` `Q`	Remove all regions but the current one
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Misc

Command	Description
`Ctrl-A` `C-l`	Redraw window
`Ctrl-A` `[`	Copy mode
`Ctrl-A` `ESC`	Copy mode
`Ctrl-A` `]`	Paste
`Ctrl-A` `M`	Monitor window for activity
`Ctrl-A` `_`	Monitor window for silence
`Ctrl-A` `Ctrl-V`	Enter digraph (non-ASCII characters)
`Ctrl-A` `X`	Lock (password protect) display
`Ctrl-A` `:`	Enter screen command
`Ctrl-A` `H`	Enable logging in the screen session
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Screen tricks

SSH and attach in one line

$ ssh -t user@host screen -x <name/pid>

terminal session utility