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printcmd

Default Keybindings

None.

Syntax

  • printcmd [cmd]

Description

If cmd is not an empty string, screen will not use the terminal capabilities po/pf if it detects an ANSI print sequence ESC [ 5 i, but pipe the output into cmd. This should normally be a command like lpr or “cat > /tmp/scr-print”. printcmd without a command displays the current setting. The ANSI sequence ESC \ ends printing and closes the pipe.

Warning: Be careful with this command! If other user have write access to your terminal, they will be able to fire off print commands.

Examples

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