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

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