===== screen Quick Reference =====
| url: | http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference |
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==== Getting in ====
||start a new screen session ''screen'' with session name|| ''screen -S //<name>//''|| ||list running sessions/screens|| ''screen -ls''|| ||attach to a running session|| ''screen -r''|| ||.. to session with name|| ''screen -r //<name>//''|| ||the "ultimate attach"|| ''screen -dRR'' (Attaches to a screen session. If the session is attached elsewhere, detaches that other display. If no session exists, creates one. If multiple sessions exist, uses the first one.)||
==== Escape key ====
All screen commands are prefixed by an escape key, by default C-a (that's Control-a, sometimes written ^A). To send a literal C-a to the programs in screen, use ''C-a a''.
==== Getting out ====
||detach|| ''C-a d''|| ||detach and logout (quick exit)|| ''C-a D D''|| ||exit screen|| exit all of the programs in screen.|| ||force-exit screen|| ''C-a C-'' (//not// recommended))||
==== Help ===
||See help|| ''C-a ?'' (lists keybindings)||
==== Window Management ====
||create new window ||''C-a c''|| ||change to last-visited active window|| ''C-a C-a'' (commonly used to flip-flop between two windows)|| ||change to window by number|| ''C-a <number>'' (only for windows 0 to 9)|| ||change to window by number or name|| ''C-a ' <number or title>''|| ||change to next window in list|| ''C-a n'' or ''C-a <space>''|| ||change to previous window in list:|| ''C-a p''|| ||see window list|| ''C-a "'' (allows you to select a window to change to)|| ||show window bar|| ''C-a w'' (if you don't have window bar)|| ||close current window|| Close all applications in the current window (including shell)|| ||kill current window|| ''C-a k'' (not recommended)|| ||rename current window|| ''C-a A''||
==== Split screen ====
||split display||''C-a S''|| ||jump to next display region|| ''C-a tab''|| ||remove current region|| ''C-a X''|| ||remove all regions but the current one|| ''C-a Q''||
==== Misc ====
||redraw window|| ''C-a C-l''|| ||enter copy mode|| ''C-a ['' (also used for viewing scrollback buffer)|| ||paste|| ''C-a ]'' || ||monitor window for activity|| ''C-a M''|| ||monitor window for silence|| ''C-a _''|| ||enter digraph|| ''C-a C-v''|| ||lock (password protect) display|| ''C-a x''|| ||enter screen command|| ''C-a :''||