KEMBAR78
Screen Cheatsheet | PDF | Computer Terminal | Digital Technology
Scribd
Upload
1K views1 page

Screen Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheatsheet on the GNU Screen command with summaries of its commonly used command line options, key bindings, and configuration commands. It lists options like -ls to list sessions and -r to resume detached sessions. Key bindings include Ctrl-a followed by letters to create, remove, and switch windows. The caption command is shown to place a running clock in sessions. Useful resources for Screen are also referenced.

Uploaded by

nhilem
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
1K views1 page

Screen Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheatsheet on the GNU Screen command with summaries of its commonly used command line options, key bindings, and configuration commands. It lists options like -ls to list sessions and -r to resume detached sessions. Key bindings include Ctrl-a followed by letters to create, remove, and switch windows. The caption command is shown to place a running clock in sessions. Useful resources for Screen are also referenced.

Uploaded by

nhilem
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Cheatsheet:
GNU
Screen





























Latest
Stable:
4.00.

03
(released
2008­08­08)


(Most
Commonly
Used)
Command­Line
Options:


Prints
list
of
running
sessions
 Start
session
and
name
the
initial

`‐ls’


or


`‐list’
 `‐t
[name]’

(usually
in
form
pid.tty.host)

 window

`‐r
[pid.sessionname]’
 Resume
a
detached
screen
session
 `‐v’
 Prints
version
#

Set
the
new
session
name
instead
 Attach
to
a
session
which
is
already

`‐S
sessionname'
 `‐x’

of
the
default
tty.host
suffix

 attached
(multi‐display
mode)




(Most
Commonly
Used)
Key
Bindings
&
.screenrc
Commands:


Command

Default
Key
Binding
 Name
 Description


C‐a


:
 colon
 Enter
a
screen
command



C‐a


“
 windowlist
‐b
 Present
a
list
of
active
windows

Enter
Copy
Mode:

While
in
Copy
mode
use
the
following
to
navigate:

C‐a


[
 

C‐u

scrolls
half
page
up;






C‐d
scrolls
half
page
down;


C‐]
(when
in
Copy
Mode)
 
 Exits
Copy
Mode

C‐a


A
 title
[name]
 Allows
user
to
rename
the
current
window

C‐a


b
 break
 Sends
a
break
to
the
tty

C‐a


B
 pow_break
 Close
&
reopen
the
tty
line

C‐a


c
 screen
 Create
a
new
window
w/
shell
and
switch
to
it

C‐a


C
 clear
 Clear
the
window

C‐a


d
 detach
 Detach
screen
from
this
terminal

C‐a


D
 pow_detach
 Detach
&
logout

C‐a


h
 hardcopy
[file]
 Copy
current
window’s
contents
to
file

Displays
window
info:
ie.
(11,39)/(80,39)+1000
+flow
UTF‐8
0(win1)

C‐a


i
 info

(cursor_x,
cursor_y)/(win_width,
win_height)+scrollbackbuffersize

C‐a


K
 kill
 Destroy
the
current
window

C‐a


n


or


C‐a


<SPC>
 next
 Switch
to
the
next
window

C‐a


p


or


C‐a


<BSPC>
 prev
 Switch
to
the
previous
window

C‐a


S
 split
 Split
the
current
window
into
two
new
ones

C‐a


X
 remove
 Kill
the
current
region
in
a
split
window
session

C‐a


z
 suspend
 Suspend
screen

C‐a


C‐\
 quit
 Kill
all
windows
and
terminate
screen

C‐a


?
 help
 Show
key
bindings




Useful
Tips:

caption
always
'%c:%s'

places
running
clock
at
bottom
of
screen
session
to
keep
an
ssh
session
alive

More
Resources:

Useful
FAQ
page:


http://www4.informatik.uni‐erlangen.de/~jnweiger/screen‐faq.html

Man(help)
page:


http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/




Last
Modified:
2009‐09‐29


You might also like