screen
Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a single SSH connection. See alsotmuxandzellij. More information: https://manned.org/screen.
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Start a new screen session:
screen -
Start a new named screen session:
screen -S {{session_name}} -
Start a new daemon and log the output to
screenlog.x:
screen -dmLS {{session_name}} {{command}} -
Show open screen sessions:
screen -ls -
Reattach to an open screen:
screen -r {{session_name}} -
Detach from inside a screen:
Ctrl + A, D -
Kill the current screen session:
Ctrl + A, K -
Kill a detached screen:
screen -X -S {{session_name}} quit
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