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GNU screen quick reference
Getting In
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screen -S <name> start a new screen session with session name
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screen -ls list running sessions/screens
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screen -x attach to a running session
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screen -r <name> attach to session name
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screen -dRR Attaches to a screen session. If the session is attached elsewhere, detaches that other display. If no session exists, creates one. If multiple sessions exist, uses the first one.
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Getting Out
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C-a d detach
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C-a D D detach and logout (quick exit)
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C-a \ Exit all of the programs in screen. (not recommended)
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C-a C-\ force-exit screen (not recommended)
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exit getting out of the screen session
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Escape key
All screen commands are prefixed by an escape key, by default C-a (that's Control-a, sometimes written ^a). To send a literal C-a to the programs in screen, use C-a a. This is useful when working with screen within screen. For example C-a a n will move screen to a new window on the screen within screen.
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Window Management
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create new window C-a c
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change to last-visited active window C-a C-a
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change to window by number C-a <number>
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change to window by number or name C-a ' <number or title>
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change to next window in list C-a n or C-a <space>
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change to window by number or name C-a ' <number or title>
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change to next window in list C-a n or C-a <space>
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change to previous window in list C-a p or C-a <backspace>
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see window list C-a " (allows you to select a window to change to)
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show window bar C-a w (if you don't have window bar)
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close current window Close all applications in the current window (including shell)
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kill current window C-a k (not recommended)
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kill all windows *C-a * (not recommended)
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rename current window C-a A
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Split screen
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split display horizontally C-a S
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split display vertically C-a | or C-a V (for the vanilla vertical screen patch)
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jump to next display region C-a tab
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remove current region C-a X
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remove all regions but the current one C-a Q
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Clipboard and Navigation
freely navigate buffer |
C-a [ or C-a <esc> |
toggle selection to copy |
space |
paste |
C-a ] |
Misc
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redraw window C-a C-l
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monitor window for activity C-a M
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monitor window for silence C-a _
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enter digraph (for producing non-ASCII characters) C-a C-v
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lock (password protect) session C-a x
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enter screen command C-a :
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enable logging in the screen session C-a H
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Scrollback-buffer
half page up |
C-u |
half page down |
C-d |
back |
C-b |
forward |
C-f |
cursor left/down/up/right |
/h/j/k/l |
In copy mode, one can navigate the scrollback buffer in various ways:
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