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screen

Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a single SSH connection. See also tmux and zellij. More information: https://manned.org/screen.
  • 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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