How to use SCREEN utility - ENG

NAME

screen - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

SYNOPSIS

       screen [ -options ] [ cmd [ args ] ]
       screen -r [[pid.]tty[.host]]
       screen -r sessionowner/[[pid.]tty[.host]]

DESCRIPTION

       Screen  is  a  full-screen  window  manager  that  multiplexes a physical terminal between
       several processes (typically interactive shells).   Each  virtual  terminal  provides  the
       functions of a DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ISO
       6429 (ECMA 48, ANSI X3.64) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g. insert/delete line and support for
       multiple  character sets).  There is a scrollback history buffer for each virtual terminal
       and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows moving text regions between windows.

       When screen is called, it creates a single window with a shell in  it  (or  the  specified
       command)  and  then  gets  out of your way so that you can use the program as you normally
       would.  Then, at any time, you can create new (full-screen) windows with other programs in
       them  (including  more shells), kill existing windows, view a list of windows, turn output
       logging on and off, copy-and-paste text between  windows,  view  the  scrollback  history,
       switch  between  windows  in whatever manner you wish, etc. All windows run their programs
       completely independent of each other. Programs  continue  to  run  when  their  window  is
       currently  not  visible and even when the whole screen session is detached from the user's
       terminal.  When a program terminates, screen (per default) kills the window that contained
       it.  If this window was in the foreground, the display switches to the previous window; if
       none are left, screen exits. Shells usually distinguish between running as login-shell  or
       sub-shell.   Screen  runs  them  as sub-shells, unless told otherwise (See shell .screenrc
       command).

       Everything you type is sent to the program  running  in  the  current  window.   The  only
       exception  to  this  is the one keystroke that is used to initiate a command to the window
       manager.  By default, each command begins with a control-a (abbreviated C-a from now  on),
       and  is  followed  by one other keystroke.  The command character and all the key bindings
       can be fully customized to be anything you like, though they are always two characters  in
       length.

       Screen  does  not understand the prefix C- to mean control, although this notation is used
       in this manual for readability.  Please use the caret notation  (^A  instead  of  C-a)  as
       arguments to e.g. the escape command or the -e option.  Screen will also print out control
       characters in caret notation.

       The standard way to create a new window is to type C-a  c.   This  creates  a  new  window
       running  a  shell  and switches to that window immediately, regardless of the state of the
       process running in the current window.  Similarly, you can create  a  new  window  with  a
       custom  command  in it by first binding the command to a keystroke (in your .screenrc file
       or at the C-a : command line) and then using it just like the C-a c command.  In addition,
       new windows can be created by running a command like:

              screen emacs prog.c

       from a shell prompt within a previously created window.  This will not run another copy of
       screen, but will instead supply the command name and its arguments to the  window  manager
       (specified  in  the  $STY  environment variable) who will use it to create the new window.
       The above example would start the emacs editor (editing prog.c) and switch to its  window.
       -  Note  that  you  cannot  transport environment variables from the invoking shell to the
       application (emacs in this case), because it is forked from the parent screen process, not
       from the invoking shell.

       If /run/utmp is writable by screen, an appropriate record will be written to this file for
       each window, and removed when the window is terminated.  This is useful for  working  with
       talk,  script,  shutdown, rsend, sccs and other similar programs that use the utmp file to
       determine who you are. As long as screen is active on your terminal,  the  terminal's  own
       record is removed from the utmp file. See also C-a L.

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How to use SCREEN utility - ENG

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

GETTING STARTED

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS

CUSTOMIZATION

THE MESSAGE LINE

WINDOW TYPES

STRING ESCAPES

FLOW-CONTROL

TITLES (naming windows)

THE VIRTUAL TERMINAL

INPUT TRANSLATION

SPECIAL TERMINAL CAPABILITIES

CHARACTER TRANSLATION

ENVIRONMENT

FILES