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GNU Screen Basics Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Most common commands for GNU Screen

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Window Hotkeys

EC - c
Create new window
EC - A
Set window name
EC w
Show all windows
EC 1|2|3|4|n
Switch to window n
EC ^a
Switch between windows
EC d
Detach from screen
EC ?
Screen help
EC [
Start copy buffer
EC ]
Paste from buffer
EC denotes the escape character ( ^a by default) and can be changed in the key bindings. List is common commands.
  

Split Hotkeys

EC S
Create split
EC Tab
Move between splits
EC Q
Kill all other splits
EC X
Remove active screen from split