screen.md

   1 ---
   2 title: Screen
   3 category: CLI
   4 layout: 2017/sheet
   5 updated: 2020-12-05
   6 keywords:
   7   - Screen
   8   - Linux
   9   - Unix
  10   - CLI
  11   - Command
  12   - Line
  13 intro: |
  14   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).
  15   This does not contain **all** of screen's commands and options, read [GNU's manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Commands) to see everything
  16 ---
  17
  18 ## Basics
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  20
  21 ### CLI Options
  22
  23 | Options           | Description                               |
  24 | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
  25 | `-S`              | Starts a named session                    |
  26 | `-r [name]`       | Reattach to a screen (optionally by name) |
  27 | `-ls` or `--list` | Returns a list of session ids             |
  28
  29 ### Screens
  30
  31 | Keybind         | Description                                                                              |
  32 | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  33 | `ctrl+a c`      | Create a new screen tab inside a screen                                                  |
  34 | `ctrl+a [0-9]`  | Switch to a screen tab by number 0 through 9                                             |
  35 | `ctrl+a n`      | Go to the next screen tab                                                                |
  36 | `ctrl+a p`      | Go to the previous screen tab                                                            |
  37 | `ctrl+a k`      | Kill current screen tab                                                                  |
  38 | `ctrl+a ctrl+d` | Detach the current screen and go back to the terminal (screen windows will stay running) |
  39
  40 ### Visual pleasure
  41
  42 | Keybind                         | Description                  |
  43 | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
  44 | `ctrl+a S`                      | Split a screen horizontally  |
  45 | `ctrl+a |`                      | Split a screen vertically    |
  46 | `ctrl+a ctrl+I` or `ctrl+a tab` | Change screen split          |
  47 | `ctrl+a Q`                      | Remove all screen splits     |
  48 | `ctrl+a C`                      | Clear the current screen tab |
  49
  50 ### Accessibility
  51
  52 | Keybind         | Description                                         |
  53 | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
  54 | `ctrl+a A`      | Rename current screen tab                           |
  55 | `ctrl+a k`      | Kill current screen tab                             |
  56 | `ctrl+a ctrl+a` | Switch to last used screen tab                      |
  57 | `ctrl+a a`      | Send `ctrl+a` to current screen tab                 |
  58 | `ctrl+a ctrl+w` | See a list of all screen tabs in the current screen |