| start a new screen session with session name | screen -S <name> |
| list running sessions/screens | screen -ls |
| attach to a running session | screen -r |
| … to session with name | screen -r <name> |
| the “ultimate attach” | screen -dRR (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.
| detach | C-a d |
| detach and logout (quick exit) | C-a D D |
| exit screen | exit all of the programs in screen. |
| force-exit screen | C-a C-\ (not recommended)) |
| See help | C-a ? (lists keybindings) |
The man page is the complete reference, but it's very long.
| create new window | C-a c |
| change to last-visited active window | C-a C-a (commonly used to flip-flop between two windows) |
| change to window by number | C-a <number> (only for windows 0 to 9) |
| change to window by number or name | C-a ' <number or title> |
| change to next window in list | C-a n or C-a <space> |
| change to previous window in list | C-a p or C-a <backspace> |
| see window list | C-a " (allows you to select a window to change to) |
| show window bar | C-a w (if you don't have window bar) |
| close current window | Close all applications in the current window (including shell) |
| kill current window | C-a k (not recommended) |
| rename current window | C-a A |
| split display horizontally | C-a S |
| split display vertically | C-a | |
| jump to next display region | C-a tab |
| remove current region | C-a X |
| remove all regions but the current one | C-a Q |
| redraw window | C-a C-l |
| enter copy mode | C-a [ (also used for viewing scrollback buffer) |
| paste | C-a ] |
| monitor window for activity | C-a M |
| monitor window for silence | C-a _ |
| enter digraph (for producing non-ASCII characters) | C-a C-v |
| lock (password protect) display | C-a x |
| enter screen command | C-a : |
