Screen

From ConShell

The screen command is like job control on steroids. You can create a screen session which will persist after you log out, allowing you to return to it hours or even days later. It has a scroll back feature, and you can bring up multiple windows in a single session.

Quite nifty.

Getting started

The commands C-a L shown below mean to press the Control key and then the a key together, release then press the final (letter) key to issue the command. It is also possible to change the C-a sequence in the .screenrc file.

• (re)attach to screen session, create if necessary

 screen -DR  

• Create a new window in current screen

 C-a d 

• Detach from current screen

 C-a c   Detach from current screen

• Enter copy/scrollback mode.

 C-a esc

Create or join a shared screen session. This is incredibly useful if you want to walk someone through an install when they're in a different physical location. It does require that you share the same UID though, or make other arrangements (TBD).

 screen -x

--fostermarkd 11:53, 11 Jul 2005 (EDT)