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<code class="command">screen</code> is a screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation. It is the older brother of <code class="command">tmux</code>, which shares quite the same concepts. | |||
= | == Basics == | ||
* Start a screen session (creates a single window with a shell in it): | |||
<code class="command">screen</code> | |||
* OR start a linux command in a screen session: | |||
<code class="command">screen </code><code class="replace"><linux command></code> | |||
* Invoke a screen control command (it consists of a "Ctrl + a" followed by one other character): | |||
C-a <code class="replace"><command_char></code> | |||
Basics screen commands are : | |||
C-a C-c : Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window. | |||
C-a " : Present a list of all windows for selection. | |||
C-a A : Allow the user to enter a name for the current window. | |||
C-a C-k : Kill current window | |||
Further options are available in the man pages. | |||
* Detach from this screen terminal (program continues to run when its associated screen session is detached): | |||
C-a d : Detach screen from this terminal. | |||
* Reattach a session (brings foreground a previously detached session): | |||
<code class="command">screen</code> -r | |||
* Invoke a screen customization command (used to set options): | |||
C-a : <code class="replace"><customization_command></code> | |||
{{Note|text=See the man of screen for more information and other capabilities of <code>screen</code>. See also <code>tmux</code>}} | |||
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screen is a screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation. It is the older brother of tmux, which shares quite the same concepts.
Basics
- Start a screen session (creates a single window with a shell in it):
screen
- OR start a linux command in a screen session:
screen<linux command>
- Invoke a screen control command (it consists of a "Ctrl + a" followed by one other character):
C-a <command_char>
Basics screen commands are :
C-a C-c : Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window. C-a " : Present a list of all windows for selection. C-a A : Allow the user to enter a name for the current window. C-a C-k : Kill current window
Further options are available in the man pages.
- Detach from this screen terminal (program continues to run when its associated screen session is detached):
C-a d : Detach screen from this terminal.
- Reattach a session (brings foreground a previously detached session):
screen -r
- Invoke a screen customization command (used to set options):
C-a : <customization_command>
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See the man of screen for more information and other capabilities of | |