Cheatography
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A cheat sheet for the GNU screen utility. The command convention within a screen session is:
CTRL+a CMD
This syntax means hit the Control key and lowercase *a* simultaneously, followed by the command shortcut.
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Basic Screen Options
screen |
Launch a new, unnamed screen session |
screen -S name |
Launch a new screen session called name |
screen -ls |
List all running screen sessions |
screen -r name |
Connect to a screen session called name |
CTRL+a : |
Exit all applications and close screen session |
CTRL+a |
Detach from a screen session |
CTRL+a d name |
Detach from the screen session name |
CTRL+a ? |
View screen help |
Other screen options
CTRL+a [ |
Enter copy mode |
CTRL+a ] |
Paste |
CTRL+a M |
Monitor a window for activity |
CTRL+a _ |
Monitor a window for silence |
CTRL+a CTRL+V |
Enter a digraph (non-ASCII character) |
CTRL+a H |
Enable logging for the screen session |
CTRL+a ESC |
Enable vertical scrolling for mouse usage (also works with arrow keys) |
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Managing screen windows
CTRL+a c |
Create a new screen window |
CTRL+a CTRL+a |
Return to previous active window |
CTRL+a " |
Display screen window list |
CTRL+a n |
Change to the next window in the list |
CTRL+a p |
Change to the previous window in the list |
CTRL+a number |
Change to window by number, for 0-9 |
CTRL+a ' name OR number |
Change to window by name OR by number |
CTRL+a w |
Display window bar if not visible |
CTRL+a A |
Rename current window |
Split Screen Management
CTRL+a S |
Split window horizontally |
CTRL+a | |
Split window vertically |
CTRL+a TAB |
Move to the next display region |
CTRL+a X |
Remove the current region |
CTRL+a Q |
Remove all regions except for the current region |
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