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GNU screen quick reference
Getting Inscreen -S <name> start a new screen session with session name | screen -ls list running sessions/screens | screen -x attach to a running session | screen -r <name> attach to session name | 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. |
Getting OutC-a d detach | C-a D D detach and logout (quick exit) | C-a \ Exit all of the programs in screen. (not recommended) | C-a C-\ force-exit screen (not recommended) | exit getting out of the screen session |
Escape keyAll 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. | | Window Managementcreate new window C-a c | change to last-visited active window C-a C-a | change to window by number C-a <number> | change to window by number or name C-a ' <number or title> | change to next window in list C-a n or C-a <space> | change to window by number or name C-a ' <number or title> | change to next window in list C-a n or C-a <space> | change to previous window in list C-a p or C-a <backspace> | see window list C-a " (allows you to select a window to change to) | show window bar C-a w (if you don't have window bar) | close current window Close all applications in the current window (including shell) | kill current window C-a k (not recommended) | kill all windows *C-a * (not recommended) | rename current window C-a A |
| | Split screensplit display horizontally C-a S | split display vertically C-a | or C-a V (for the vanilla vertical screen patch) | jump to next display region C-a tab | remove current region C-a X | remove all regions but the current one C-a Q |
Clipboard and Navigationfreely navigate buffer | C-a [ or C-a <esc> | toggle selection to copy | space | paste | C-a ] |
Miscredraw window C-a C-l | monitor window for activity C-a M | monitor window for silence C-a _ | enter digraph (for producing non-ASCII characters) C-a C-v | lock (password protect) session C-a x | enter screen command C-a : | enable logging in the screen session C-a H |
Scrollback-bufferhalf 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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