Notes on the GNU screen console multiplexer.

screen is a program that allows multiple terminals/consoles to be maintained on a host indefinitely independent of a terminal client. This allows remote terminal sessions to be persisted across network connections.

• Official Website

• sessions
  • create session: screen -S <session id>
  • list sessions: screen -ls
  • detach: Ctrl-a d
  • attach: screen -r <session id>
  • attach to non-detached session (session sharing): screen -x <session id>
  • attach, detaching first if necessary: screen -dr <session id>
  • quit: Ctrl-a Ctrl-\
  • quit: screen -S <session id> -X quit
  • quit: Ctrl-a :quit
• windows
  • create: Ctrl-a c
  • kill: Ctrl-a k
  • name window title: Ctrl-a A
  • open window list to switch to another window: Ctrl-a “
• regions
  • vertical split: Ctrl-a |
  • split: Ctrl-a S
  • remove: Ctrl-a X
  • move to region: Ctrl-a tab
  • scrollback/scroll in a region: C-a [ or C-a ESC to enter copy mode then arrow keys.
• Screen Manual
• screen's scrollback buffer

• create session: screen -S <session id>
• attach to a session: screen -r <session id>
  • In some cases it is necessary to detach from a session before re-attaching to it: screen -dr <session id>
• open window list to switch to another window: Ctrl-a ”
• create window: Ctrl-a c
• name window title: Ctrl-a A
• kill window: Ctrl-a k

• Use key sequence Ctrl+a a to send commands to the nested session.