Screen How To

Screen Command Line

To start a "screen" session.... screen -S <screen name>

To reattach.... screen -r <screen name>

To force remote detatch.....screen -Dr

To share a screen session.....screen -x

To clean up a screen that's been kill -9'ed.....screen -wipe

Screen Session Commands

To detach the current screen.....CTRL-a, d

To create a new screen window.....CTRL-a, c

To list current scren windows.....CTRL-a, w

To switch to the next screen window.....CTRL-a, n

To switch to the previous screen window....CTRL-a, p

To rename a screen window....CTRL-a, SHIFT-a, then backspace through the old name, rename it, then enter.

To destroy/kill screen window....CTRL-a, k