Saturday, June 1, 2013

screen command in Linux

Using screen command, we can create a session and run multiple windows in it.
First we create a screen session and there we create & run multiple windows.

Commands related to session


1) Create a screen session

screen
screen <command> E.g. screen top

2) Naming a screen session while starting a new session

           screen -S <sessionname>

3) Renaming the current screen session

           a) Ctrl + a

           b) Then type
               :<current_sessionname>  <new_SessionName>

4) Renaming without attaching the screen session
   screen -X  <old_sessionname>   <new_sessionname>

5) Detaching from a current screen session

         Ctrl+a d

6) Detaching from a screen session using screen command

        screen -d <sessionname>

7) Reattaching a screen session

        screen -r <sessionname>

Commands related to windows in screen session


1) Create a new window

          Ctrl+a c

2) To navigate between windows in a screen session

            Ctrl+a p  or Ctrl+a n

3) To list all the windows in a screen session

            Ctrl+a "

4) To name current window in a screen session

             Ctrl+a A

5) To kill a window

              Ctrl+a k
 
  A [y/n] option will be prompted. Typing y will kill the window.

  Else, typing exit from the windows shell shall kill the window.

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