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Screen Cheatsheet

GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer that allows a single terminal buffer to run multiple windows that can be split into panes, allowing the user to see and control multiple terminal sessions at once from a single keyboard. Key commands allow the user to start and attach to screen sessions, create and move between windows, split windows into panes, and get information about sessions. Ctrl-A is used as a prefix for most screen commands.

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Screen Cheatsheet

GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer that allows a single terminal buffer to run multiple windows that can be split into panes, allowing the user to see and control multiple terminal sessions at once from a single keyboard. Key commands allow the user to start and attach to screen sessions, create and move between windows, split windows into panes, and get information about sessions. Ctrl-A is used as a prefix for most screen commands.

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GNU Screen Cheat Sheet

GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer. It lets you use a single terminal buffer to run many windows.
You can split this window into panes so you can see more than one prompt at once, and even control
several prompts through one keyboard without switching between them.

Attach and detach

$ screen Start new screen session

$ screen -raAd Attach to an existing screen session

$ screen -x Join a session without detaching

Ctrl-A d Detach from a session, leaving it running in the background

Ctrl-A k Exit and quit screen session

Window management

Ctrl-A c Create new window Ctrl-A m Monitor window for activity

Ctrl-A n Move to next window Ctrl-A x Lock screen

Ctrl-A p Move to previous window Ctrl-A A Set window title

Ctrl-A NUM Move to window NUM Ctrl-A i Get info about current window

Ctrl-A ' Prompt to move to window Ctrl-A z Suspend (use fg to resume)

Split window into panes

Ctrl-A | Vertical split (panes side by side)

Ctrl-A S Horizontal split (one pane below the other)

Ctrl-A Q Clear all splits

Ctrl-A <Tab> Move to next split

Seth Kenlon CC BY-SA 4.0 [Link]

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