====== GNU screen Quick Reference ======

===== Getting in =====


start a new screen session:
  screen
attach to a running session:
  screen -r
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
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 active window:
  C-a C-a
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 “
close current window: Close all applications in the current window (including shell)
kill current window:
  C-a K (not recommended)

===== 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 :

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