Change number, rename window
ctrl+a :number x ctrl+a A
Create window in same pwd
bind x
bind x stuff "screen -X chdir \$PWD;screen^M"| screen -S |
start a new screen session with session name |
| screen -ls | list running sessions/screens |
| screen -x | attach to a running session |
| screen -dRR | the “ultimate attach” |
(Attaches to a screen session. If the session is attached elsewhere, detaches that other display. If no session exists, creates one. If multiple sessions exist, uses the first one.)
All screen commands are prefixed by an escape key, by default C-a (that’s Control-a, sometimes written ^a). To send a literal C-a to the programs in screen, use C-a a. This is useful when working with screen within screen. For example C-a a n will move screen to a new window on the screen within screen.
C-a d |
Detach |
C-a D D |
Detach and logout (quick exit) |
C-a \ |
Exit screen = exit all program in screen (not recommended) |
C-a C-\ |
Force-exit screen = not recommended |
C-a c |
Getting out of the screen session |
C-a C-a |
Change to last-visited active window |
C-a <n> |
Change to window by number |
C-a ' <n or t> |
Change to window by number or name |
C-a n |
Change to next window in list |
C-a p |
Change to previous window in list |
C-a " |
See window list |
C-a w |
Show window bar |
C-a k |
Kill current window |
C-a \ |
Kill all windows |
C-a A |
Rename current window |
| C-a S | Split display horizontally |
| C-a | Split display vertically |
| or C-a V | (for the vanilla vertical screen patch) |
| C-a tab | Jump to next display region |
| C-a X | Remove current region |
| C-a Q | Remove all regions but the current one |
The man page is the complete reference.
To any session name,
# send a command to a named session
screen -S name -X command
# create a new window and run ping example.com
screen -S name -X screen ping example.com
# stuff characters into the input buffer
# using bash to expand a newline character
screen -S name [-p page] -X stuff $'quit\r'
A full example:
# run bash within screen
screen -AmdS bash_shell bash
# run top within that bash session
screen -S bash_shell -p 0 -X stuff $'top\r'
# ... some time later
# stuff 'q' to tell top to quit
screen -S bash_shell -X stuff 'q'
# stuff 'exit\n' to exit bash session
screen -S bash_shell -X stuff $'exit\r'| C-a C-l | Redraw window |
| C-a M | Monitor window for activity |
| C-a _ | Monitor window for silence |
| C-a C-v | Enter digraph (for producing non-ASCII characters) |
| C-a x | Lock (password protect) session |
| C-a : | Enter screen command |
| C-a H | Enable logging in the screen session |
In copy mode, one can navigate the scrollback buffer in various ways:
| C-u | Half page up |
| C-d | Half page down |
| C-b | Back |
| C-f | Forward |
| h/j/k/l | Cursor left/down/up/right |
from http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference