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title Screen
date 2021-01-02 12:03:55 -0800
background bg-emerald-500
tags
terminal
session
utility
categories
Linux Command
intro This is a quick reference guide cheat sheet for the screen command.

Getting started {.cols-3}

Getting started

$ screen

1. Press Ctrl-A D to detach session

2. List all screen sessions

$ screen -ls

3. Re-attach a screen Session

$ screen -r <name/pid>

Options {.col-span-2}

Options Example Description
-S screen -S debug Start a new session with session name
-ls screen -ls List running sessions / screens
-x screen -x Attach to a running session
-r screen -r debug Attach to a running session with name
-R screen -R debug Attach to a session (Will create if it doesn't exist)
-d screen -d -m wget xxxx.com/large.file Start screen in detached mode
-X screen -X -S debug kill Kill a running session
{.show-header}

Help

Command Description
Ctrl-A ? See help (Lists keybindings)
{.shortcuts}

Window Management {.col-span-2 .row-span-2}

Command Description
Ctrl-A C Create new window
Ctrl-A Ctrl-A Change to last-visited active window
Ctrl-A 0...9 Change to window by number
Ctrl-A ' <0...9 or title> Change to window by number or name
Ctrl-A N or Ctrl-A <space> Change to next window in list
Ctrl-A P or Ctrl-A <backspace> Change to previous window in list
Ctrl-A " See window list
Ctrl-A W Show window bar
Ctrl-A K Kill current window (not recommended)
Ctrl-A \ Kill all windows (not recommended)
Ctrl-A A Rename current window
{.shortcuts}

Getting Out

Command Description
Ctrl-A D Detach
Ctrl-A D D Detach and logout
(quick exit)
Ctrl-A : Exit all session
Ctrl-A C-\ Force-exit screen
(not recommended)
{.shortcuts}

Split screen

Command Description
Ctrl-A S Split display horizontally
Ctrl-A V Split display vertically
Ctrl-A ` `
Ctrl-A TAB Jump to next display region
Ctrl-A X Remove current region
Ctrl-A Q Remove all regions but the current one
{.shortcuts}

Misc {.col-span-2 .row-span-2}

Command Description
Ctrl-A C-l Redraw window
Ctrl-A [ Copy mode
Ctrl-A ESC Copy mode
Ctrl-A ] Paste
Ctrl-A M Monitor window for activity
Ctrl-A _ Monitor window for silence
Ctrl-A Ctrl-V Enter digraph
(non-ASCII characters)
Ctrl-A X Lock (password protect) display
Ctrl-A : Enter screen command
Ctrl-A H Enable logging in the screen session
{.shortcuts}

Screen tricks

SSH and attach in one line

$ ssh -t user@host screen -x <name/pid>