Screen

Basics

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Basics

Options/Keybind	Description
screen -S [name]	Start a named session
ctrl+a ctrl+d	Detach the current screen and go back to the terminal (screen session will stay running)
screen -ls or screen -list	List all sessions
screen -r [name]	Reattach to a screen (optionally by name)

Screens

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

Visual pleasure

Keybind	Description
ctrl+a S	Split a screen horizontally
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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

Accessibility

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