====== screen Commands ======

Commands may be placed in your .screenrc file, run from ''screen'''s [[commands:colon|command line]], [[commands:bindkey|bound]] to keypresses, or triggered by other commands (e.g. ''[[commands:at]]'' or ''[[commands:eval]]'').  Some are used to configure ''screen'''s behavior, while others cause ''screen'' to take various actions.

The following commands are available:

  * ''[[commands:acladd]]'' - Adds users with full permission to all windows.
  * ''[[commands:aclchg]]'' - Adds users with more flexible permissions or changes the permissions on an existing user.
  * ''[[commands:acldel]]'' - Removes a user from ''screen'''s knowledge.
  * ''[[commands:aclgrp]]'' - Adds a user to a group or just describes user's group membership.
  * ''[[commands:aclumask]]'' - Sets default permissions for windows not yet created.
  * ''[[commands:activity]]'' - Set message displayed by screen when a monitored window shows activity.
  * ''[[commands:addacl]]'' - Synonym for ''[[commands:acladd]]''.
  * ''[[commands:allpartial]]'' - Global command equivalent to setting ''[[commands:partial]]'' for all current windows.
  * ''[[commands:altscreen]]'' - Enables “alternate screen” support (''ti'' and ''te'' termcap settings) for ''screen'' windows.
  * ''[[commands:at]]''
  * ''[[commands:attrcolor]]'' - Remaps the effect of text attributes.
  * ''[[commands:autodetach]]''
  * ''[[commands:autonuke]]'' - Determines whether a given window will attempt to display buffered text after a clear command is received.
  * ''[[commands:backtick]]''
  * ''[[commands:bce]]'' - Sets or toggle background-color-erase setting.
  * ''[[commands:bell_msg]]'' - Changes the message printed when a bell character is received in another window.
  * ''[[commands:bind]]'' - Binds a command to a key as a standard ''screen'' command.
  * ''[[commands:bindkey]]'' - Binds a command to an arbitrary keypress in any of ''screen'''s input translation tables.
  * ''[[commands:blanker]]''
  * ''[[commands:blankerprg]]''
  * ''[[commands:break]]''
  * ''[[commands:breaktype]]'' - Currently a synonym for ''[[commands:defbreaktype]]''
  * ''[[commands:bufferfile]]''
  * ''[[commands:c1]]'' - Sets or toggles c1 code processing.
  * ''[[commands:caption]]'' - Controls the display of the caption line at the bottom of screen windows.
  * ''[[commands:chacl]]'' - Synonym for ''[[commands:aclchg]]''.
  * ''[[commands:charset]]'' - Changes the current character set slot designation and charset mapping.
  * ''[[commands:chdir]]''
  * ''[[commands:clear]]'' - Clears the current window, but puts its text into the scrollback buffer.
  * ''[[commands:colon]]''
  * ''[[commands:command]]'' - Activates a command class.
  * ''[[commands:compacthist]]''
  * ''[[commands:console]]''
  * ''[[commands:copy]]''
  * ''[[commands:copy_reg]]''
  * ''[[commands:debug]]''
  * ''[[commands:defautonuke]]'' - Changes the default ''[[commands:autonuke]]'' setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defbce]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:bce]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defbreaktype]]'' - Sets the type of break signal sent via the ''[[commands:break]]'' or ''[[commands:pow_break]]'' command.
  * ''[[commands:defc1]]''
  * ''[[commands:defc1]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:c1]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defcharset]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:charset]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defencoding]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:encoding]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defescape]]''
  * ''[[commands:defflow]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:flow]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defgr]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:gr]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defhstatus]]'' - Sets the default hardstatus line for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:deflog]]''
  * ''[[commands:deflogin]]''
  * ''[[commands:defmode]]''
  * ''[[commands:defmonitor]]'' - Set the default monitoring status for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defnonblock]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:nonblock]]'', but sets the default setting for new displays.
  * ''[[commands:defobuflimit]]''
  * ''[[commands:defscrollback]]''
  * ''[[commands:defshell]]''
  * ''[[commands:defsilence]]'' - Set the default silence monitoring status for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defslowpaste]]''
  * ''[[commands:defutf8]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:utf8]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defwrap]]'' - Same as ''[[commands:wrap]]'', but sets the default setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defwritelock]]'' - Sets the default writelock setting for new windows.
  * ''[[commands:defzombie]]''
  * ''[[commands:detach]]''
  * ''[[commands:digraph]]''
  * ''[[commands:dinfo]]'' - Shows what settings ''screen'' is using for the current display.
  * ''[[commands:displays]]''
  * ''[[commands:dumptermcap]]'' - Tells ''screen'' to create a .termcap file in its socket directory.
  * ''[[commands:echo]]'' - Displays a message on the current display as if it were a screen message.
  * ''[[commands:encoding]]'' - Sets the character encoding for the current window.
  * ''[[commands:escape]]'' - Changes ''screen'''s command prefix character.
  * ''[[commands:eval]]''
  * ''[[commands:exec]]''
  * ''[[commands:fit]]'' - Resizes the window to fit the current display region.
  * ''[[commands:flow]]'' - Sets the current window's flow control mode.
  * ''[[commands:focus]]'' - Moves input focus between regions.
  * ''[[commands:gr]]'' - Sets or toggles GR charset switching.
  * ''[[commands:hardcopy]]''
  * ''[[commands:hardcopy_append]]''
  * ''[[commands:hardcopydir]]''
  * ''[[commands:hardstatus]]'' - Controls use of the terminal's hardstatus line (if any) for displaying screen messages.
  * ''[[commands:height]]'' - Changes the dimensions of the window or the display.
  * ''[[commands:help]]'' - Displays the current keybindings.
  * ''[[commands:history]]''
  * ''[[commands:hstatus]]'' - Synonym for "''hardstatus string //status//''".
  * ''[[commands:idle]]''
  * ''[[commands:ignorecase]]''
  * ''[[commands:info]]'' - Displays information about screen and the current window in the message area.
  * ''[[commands:ins_reg]]''
  * ''[[commands:kill]]''
  * ''[[commands:lastmsg]]'' - Redisplays the last message that screen showed on the current display.
  * ''[[commands:license]]'' - Displays screen's license, as happens when screen starts up.
  * ''[[commands:lockscreen]]''
  * ''[[commands:log]]''
  * ''[[commands:logfile]]''
  * ''[[commands:login]]''
  * ''[[commands:logtstamp]]''
  * ''[[commands:mapdefault]]'' - Prevents the next keypress from being looked up in the user input translation table.
  * ''[[commands:mapnotnext]]'' - Prevents the next keypress from being looked up in any input translation table.
  * ''[[commands:maptimeout]]'' - Sets the inter-character timeout for multi-character keybindings.
  * ''[[commands:markkeys]]'' - Changes the keybindings for [[commands:copy]] mode.
  * ''[[commands:maxwin]]''
  * ''[[commands:meta]]'' - Sends the ''screen'' command prefix character to the current window.
  * ''[[commands:monitor]]'' - Set the monitoring status for the current window.
  * ''[[commands:msgminwait]]'' - Sets the minimum length of time that a screen message will be visible even if the user interacts with screen.
  * ''[[commands:msgwait]]'' - Sets the length of time that a message will remain visible if the user does not interact with screen during the lifetime of the message.
  * ''[[commands:multiuser]]'' - Enables or disables multiuser mode.
  * ''[[commands:nethack]]'' - Controls the use of nethack-themed messages from ''screen''.
  * ''[[commands:next]]''
  * ''[[commands:nonblock]]'' - Sets or toggles ''screen'''s behavior when a display stops receiving characters.
  * ''[[commands:number]]''
  * ''[[commands:obuflimit]]''
  * ''[[commands:only]]'' - Removes all regions except the current one.
  * ''[[commands:other]]''
  * ''[[commands:partial]]'' - Sets whether ''screen'' should draw the entire window when switching windows.
  * ''[[commands:password]]''
  * ''[[commands:paste]]''
  * ''[[commands:pastefont]]''
  * ''[[commands:pow_break]]''
  * ''[[commands:pow_detach]]''
  * ''[[commands:pow_detach_msg]]''
  * ''[[commands:prev]]''
  * ''[[commands:printcmd]]'' - Shows or sets the command used for handling the ANSI print sequence ''ESC [ 5 i''.
  * ''[[commands:process]]''
  * ''[[commands:quit]]''
  * ''[[commands:readbuf]]''
  * ''[[commands:readreg]]''
  * ''[[commands:redisplay]]''
  * ''[[commands:register]]''
  * ''[[commands:remove]]'' - Removes the current region.
  * ''[[commands:removebuf]]''
  * ''[[commands:reset]]'' - Resets the current window's virtual terminal settings to their default settings.
  * ''[[commands:resize]]'' - Resizes the current region.
  * ''[[commands:screen]]''
  * ''[[commands:scrollback]]''
  * ''[[commands:select]]''
  * ''[[commands:sessionname]]''
  * ''[[commands:setenv]]''
  * ''[[commands:setsid]]''
  * ''[[commands:shell]]''
  * ''[[commands:shelltitle]]''
  * ''[[commands:silence]]'' - Set the silence monitoring status for the current window.
  * ''[[commands:silencewait]]'' - Set the silence timeout for all windows.
  * ''[[commands:sleep]]''
  * ''[[commands:slowpaste]]''
  * ''[[commands:sorendition]]'' - Defines the visual appearance of screen's messages.
  * ''[[commands:source]]''
  * ''[[commands:split]]'' - Splits the current region into two new regions.
  * ''[[commands:startup_message]]'' - Enables or disables the display of screen's license information when screen starts up.
  * ''[[commands:stuff]]'' - Sends a string to the current window.
  * ''[[commands:su]]''
  * ''[[commands:suspend]]''
  * ''[[commands:term]]'' - Changes the value of $TERM that ''screen'' passes to its windows' child processes.
  * ''[[commands:termcap]]'' - Tweaks termcap entries for either ''screen'''s interaction with the display terminal or for the virtual terminal presented to child programs.
  * ''[[commands:termcapinfo]]'' - Tweaks termcap and terminfo entries for either ''screen'''s interaction with the display terminal or for the virtual terminal presented to child programs.
  * ''[[commands:terminfo]]'' - Tweaks terminfo entries for either ''screen'''s interaction with the display terminal or for the virtual terminal presented to child programs.
  * ''[[commands:time]]'' - Displays (or controls the display of) system information.
  * ''[[commands:title]]''
  * ''[[commands:umask]]'' - Synonym for ''[[commands:aclumask]]''.
  * ''[[commands:unsetenv]]''
  * ''[[commands:utf8]]'' - Changes or toggles the encoding on the current window.
  * ''[[commands:vbell]]'' - Sets or toggles the visual bell.
  * ''[[commands:vbell_msg]]'' - Sets or displays the message displayed for visual bells.
  * ''[[commands:vbellwait]]'' - Defines a hysteresis for visual bells.
  * ''[[commands:verbose]]''
  * ''[[commands:version]]'' - Uses the message area to display screen's version and compile date.
  * ''[[commands:wall]]'' - Like ''[[commands:echo]]'', but sends the message to all displays, with the name of the current user prepended.
  * ''[[commands:width]]'' - Like ''[[commands:height]]'', but with the order of arguments reversed.
  * ''[[commands:windowlist]]''
  * ''[[commands:windows]]''
  * ''[[commands:wrap]]'' - Sets or toggles the current window's line wrap setting.
  * ''[[commands:writebuf]]''
  * ''[[commands:writelock]]'' - Sets writelock mode for current window.
  * ''[[commands:xoff]]'' - Sends an XOFF (''^S'') to the current window.
  * ''[[commands:xon]]'' - Sends an XON (''^Q'') to the current window.
  * ''[[commands:zmodem]]'' - Sets ''screen'''s handling of zmodem communcations.
  * ''[[commands:zombie]]''