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Screen Cheatsheet

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Screen Cheatsheet

Start and Exit

Command Description
screen Start a new screen session
screen -S work Start session named work
screen -ls List running sessions
screen -X -S work quit Stop session work
exit Exit current shell/window

Attach and Detach

Command Description
screen -r Reattach to the only detached session
screen -r work Reattach to named session
screen -x work Attach to an already-attached session
screen -d -r work Detach elsewhere and reattach here
Ctrl+a d Detach current session

Prefix and Help

Default prefix is Ctrl+a.

Key Description
Ctrl+a Enter screen command mode
Ctrl+a ? Show key bindings help
Ctrl+a : Open command prompt
Ctrl+a " Show window list

Windows

Key / Command Description
Ctrl+a c Create a new window
Ctrl+a n Next window
Ctrl+a p Previous window
Ctrl+a Ctrl+a Switch to last window
Ctrl+a 0-9 Switch to window by number
Ctrl+a A Rename current window
Ctrl+a k Kill current window

Navigation and Layout

Key Description
Ctrl+a w List windows in status line
Ctrl+a ' Prompt for window number
Ctrl+a S Split display horizontally
Ctrl+a | Split display vertically
Ctrl+a Tab Move between split regions
Ctrl+a X Remove current region
Ctrl+a Q Remove all regions except current

Copy and Scrollback

Key Description
Ctrl+a [ Enter copy/scrollback mode
Space Start selection (in copy mode)
Enter Copy selection (in copy mode)
Ctrl+a ] Paste copied text
Ctrl+a H Toggle logging to file

Session Management

Command Description
screen -wipe Clean dead sessions
Ctrl+a x Lock session
screen -S work -X stuff 'ls^M' Send command to session (^M = Enter)
screen -S work -p 0 -X hardcopy Save current window output

Useful Patterns

Command Description
screen -dmS job bash -lc 'long-command' Start detached background job
screen -D -R Reattach if possible, otherwise create
screen -r work -p 2 Attach directly to window 2
screen -L Start session with logging enabled

Configuration

File / Command Description
~/.screenrc User configuration file
defscrollback 10000 Increase scrollback history
hardstatus on Enable status line
startup_message off Disable startup message