screen cheatsheet
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/screen
Initialize / Create session
- screen
- [CTRL] - [A]
- [C]
or better with a name
- screen -S mySession
Check it with
- screen -ls
Reconnect to a session
- screen -r
or by name
- screen -S mySession
or join a session
- screen -rx mySession
Remove session
- screen -X -S sessionNameFromLS quit
Scrollback buffer
Setup:
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echo "defscrollback 1000000" >> ~/.screenrc
Usage:
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CTRL+ A followed by ESC (to enter the copy mode).
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Then navigate with Up,Down or PgUp PgDown
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And ESC again to quit that mode.
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(Extra info: to copy hit ENTER to start selecting! Then ENTER again to copy! Simple and cool)