GNU screen introduction
There are many screen tutorials available on the internet. This page is meant to provide a simple reference for some screen basics.
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Start a new session
$ screen -
Disconnect from a screen session
Ctrl-a-d -
Reconnect to an existing screen session
$ screen -r -
Reconnect to an existing screen session forcefully
$ screen -dr -
Create a new virtual terminal in a screen session
Ctrl-a-c -
Change to the next virtual terminal
Ctrl-a-n -
Change to the previous virtual terminal
Ctrl-a-p -
Switch to the last virtual terminal you were using
Ctrl-a-a -
Name the current virtual terminal
Ctrl-a-A -
See a list of existing virtual terminals
Ctrl-a-" -
Enter copy mode (allows you to scroll up and down through output in the screen session)
Ctrl-a-[To exit copy mode, simply press
Esc
For more information, see the following sites:
GNU screen official
page
screen man
page
A nice GNU screen
intro
