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Window Flags

screen uses certain flags to represent windows' status in places like the output of the windows command and the %f string escape. The following flags are currently known:

Flag Meaning
* the current window
- the previous window
$ all “logged in” windows (see login)
! a background window that has received a bell
@ a background window that is being monitored and has had activity occur (see monitor)
(L) a window which has output logging turned on (see log)
& windows occupied by other users (see Multiuser)
Z windows in the zombie state (see zombie)

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