# - uses background color for delete operations )ĮSCAPE p or ESCAPE n - switch to previous or next windowīreak ^B b help ? monitor M remove X version vĬlear C history \374,~\337' To get a real Ctrl-a to terminal (goto beginning of line) if running in screen then just do Ctrl-a Ctrl-a.ĮSCAPE 0 (or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) - switch to window 0 (or 1 2. 'escape ^Zz' for people who don't value process backgrounding control. The * screen ESCAPE char by default is Ctrl-a * unless some craZy looper has changed it in. Screen -ls - list screen sessions running Screen - Run screen to create a new session simply

a remote process continues running even when the user is disconnected.' It has a few big advantages: allowing a user to access multiple separate login sessions inside a single terminal window. wikipedia describes screen well 'GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer. 'screen' is old-school command-line keyboard but well worth learning and playing with to learn how it works. You can disconnect and reconnect to the sessions you need. You can have multiple 'screen' sessions running on server. A 'screen' session gives you multiple windows on that server where you can be logged in to other machines or whatever. One good way of having terminal sessions that persist is to run a 'screen' session on server.