screen –ls – list available sessions
screen -S tux – create named session
screen –r [pid/name] – reattach to latest/pid/name
screen –dR name – create or (detach and reattach) session name
screen -dRR chrisbinnie-linux - as above, use the first session if many available
screen –L – log to file
Ctrl+a ? - help
Ctrl+a d – detach
Ctrl+a A – rename window
Ctrl+a x – lock session with password
Ctrl+a k – kill window
Ctrl+a H – enable logging to file
Ctrl+a ' – select window
Ctrl+a " – list windows
Ctrl+a a – toggle windows
Ctrl+a : - cmd window:
Ctrl-a Ctrl-[ - Enter copy mode, start selectino, copy and leave the mode, Vim bindings work
Start with C-a :
resize +20
resize 20%
resize -b =
hardcopy -h file-dump
screen -S PingWWW -d -m ping web.tux.tld
Launch a session called “PingWWW” and use it to launch the ping command to check if a host is responding.
screen //telnet switch.tux.tld 23