Shell commands

Command Description
screen start screen
screen -S name screate session with name
screen -L start screen and enable logging
screen -ls list pid’s of reattached sessions
screen -r reattach session
screen -r 7849 reattach session
screen –x attach to a not detached screen session

Screen commands

Command Description
Ctrl a ? help
Ctrl a d deattach session
Ctrl a c create new window
Ctrl a n go to next window
Ctrl a p go to previous window
Ctrl a Ctrl a jump to most recently visited window
Ctrl a 4 go to window #4
Ctrl a w list all windows
Ctrl a “ show navigation menu
Ctrl a A rename current window
Ctrl a x lock session
Ctrl a k kill curent window
Ctrl a kill all windows adn quit
Ctrl a K kill session
Ctrl a H start/stop logging
Ctrl a M monitor window for activity
Ctrl a _ monitor window for activity (silence or no output)
Ctrl a S horizontal split
Ctrl a | vertical split
Ctrl a [tab] move between regions
Ctrl a X kill current region
Ctrl a Q go back to single region