Warnaud's Wiki

User Tools

Site Tools

You are here: start » software » cli » screen
software:cli:screen

Table of Contents

  1. Share a screen session:
    in one terminal 
     screen -S SharedSession

    in another terminal 

     screen -x SharedSession

    :!: Require same user.
    See https://www.howtoforge.com/sharing-terminal-sessions-with-tmux-and-screen for more details and tmux examples

  2. Logging:
    To save everything that is in your screen session, at the beginning: 
    Ctrl + a + h
  3. Detach a screen inside a screen:
    Ctrl + a + a + d
  4. Serial console: 
     screen /dev/ttyS0 19200

CheatSheet

Here's a quick cheatsheet for GNU Screen with start/reconnect commands and main key bindings:

Starting and Reconnecting

Start a new screen session:

screen

Start a named screen session:

screen -S session_name

Reconnect to a detached session:

screen -r

List running sessions:

screen -ls

Reconnect to a specific session:

screen -r session_name

Main Key Bindings (defaults)

All commands are prefixed with `Ctrl+a` (denoted as `C-a` below)

Window Management:

  • `C-a c`: Create a new window
  • `C-a n`: Switch to next window
  • `C-a p`: Switch to previous window
  • `C-a 0-9`: Switch to window 0-9
  • `C-a “`: List all windows
  • `C-a A`: Rename current window

Session Management:

  • - `C-a d`: Detach from current session
  • - `C-a x`: Lock the screen session

Split Screen:

  • `C-a S`: Split display horizontally
  • `C-a |`: Split display vertically
  • `C-a tab`: Switch between regions

Copy Mode:

  • `C-a [`: Enter copy mode
  • `C-a ]`: Paste from copy buffer

Other Useful Commands:

  • `C-a ?`: Show help
  • `C-a a`: Send `Ctrl+a` to the current window
  • `C-a k`: Kill current window
  • `C-a \`: Kill all windows and terminate screen

Remember that you can customize these bindings in your `~.screenrc` file to suit your preferences.

References:

software/cli/screen.txt · Last modified: 2024/11/01 14:33 by warnaud