Linux screen multiplex console
Posted Feb 11, 2013 2013-02-11T20:00:00+02:00 by Rahul Chandna
Updated Aug 14, 2021 2021-08-14T14:23:34+02:00
Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells).
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| $ sudo apt install screen
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
byobu | screenie | iselect ncurses-term
The following NEW packages will be installed:
screen
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not upgraded.
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- View all screen processes id
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| $ screen -r
screen -r
There is a screen on:
27386.pts-0.rahulchandna (11/02/2013 16:42:21) (Attached)
There is no screen to be resumed.
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- start a new screen terminal
- exit from a new screen terminal, while it is still running
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| $ press control + a followed by control +d
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- View all screen processes id
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| $ screen -r
There are several suitable screens on:
27694.pts-0.rahulchandna (11/02/2013 16:49:21) (Detached)
27386.pts-0.rahulchandna (11/02/2013 16:42:21) (Detached)
Type "screen [-d] -r [pid.]tty.host" to resume one of them.
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- connect to a particular screen using id from above
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