Screen or GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer. In other words, it means that you can start a screen session and then open any number of windows (virtual terminals). This does not contain all of screen’s commands and options, read GNU’s manual to see everything
| Options | Description |
|---|---|
-S |
Starts a named session |
-r [name] |
Reattach to a screen (optionally by name) |
-ls or --list |
Returns a list of session ids |
| Keybind | Description |
|---|---|
ctrl+a c |
Create a new screen tab inside a screen |
ctrl+a [0-9] |
Switch to a screen tab by number 0 through 9 |
ctrl+a n |
Go to the next screen tab |
ctrl+a p |
Go to the previous screen tab |
ctrl+a k |
Kill current screen tab |
ctrl+a ctrl+d |
Detach the current screen and go back to the terminal (screen windows will stay running) |
| Keybind | Description |
|---|---|
ctrl+a S |
Split a screen horizontally |
ctrl+a | |
Split a screen vertically |
ctrl+a ctrl+I or ctrl+a tab |
Change screen split |
ctrl+a Q |
Remove all screen splits |
ctrl+a C |
Clear the current screen tab |
| Keybind | Description |
|---|---|
ctrl+a A |
Rename current screen tab |
ctrl+a k |
Kill current screen tab |
ctrl+a ctrl+a |
Switch to last used screen tab |
ctrl+a a |
Send ctrl+a to current screen tab |
ctrl+a ctrl+w |
See a list of all screen tabs in the current screen |