| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Start a new screen session with session name | screen -S [name] |
| List running sessions/screens | screen -ls |
| attach to a running session | screen -x |
| attach to session with name | screen -r [name] |
^a ?
^a:multiuser on
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| detach | ^a d |
| detach and logout (quick exit) | ^a D D |
| exit screen | ^a : quit or exit all of the programs in screen. |
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| create new window | ^a c |
| change to last-visited active window | ^a ^a (commonly used to flip-flop between two windows) |
| change to window by number | ^a <number> (only for windows 0 to 9) |
| change to window by number or name | ^a ' <number or title> |
| change to next window in list | ^a n or ^a <space> |
| change to previous window in list | ^a p or ^a <backspace> |
| see window list | ^a " (allows you to select a window to change to) |
| show window bar | ^a w (if you don't have window bar) |
| kill current window | ^a k (not recommended) |
| kill all windows | ^a \ (not recommended) |
| rename current window | ^a A |
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| split display horizontally | ^a S |
| split display vertically | ^a or ^a V (for the vanilla vertical screen patch) |
| jump to next display region | ^a tab |
| remove current region | ^a X |
| remove all regions but the current one | ^a Q |