tldr/pages/common/screen.md

# screen

> Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a single SSH connection.

- Start a new screen session:

`screen`

- Start a new named screen session:

`screen -S {{session_name}}`

- Start a new deamon 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 a detached screen:

`screen -X -S {{session_name}} quit`
basic usage for screen 2014-02-27 20:51:40 +00:00			`# screen`

			`> Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a single SSH connection.`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Start a new screen session:`
basic usage for screen 2014-02-27 20:51:40 +00:00
			`screen`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Start a new named screen session:`
Add another common use case for named sessions 2015-06-26 03:12:09 +01:00
Update screen.md (#862) session name is also the session id, so have the same wording 2016-05-17 10:56:39 +01:00			`screen -S {{session_name}}`
Add another common use case for named sessions 2015-06-26 03:12:09 +01:00
screen.md: fix typo 2016-06-21 00:07:51 +01:00			`- Start a new deamon and log the output to screenlog.x:`
screen: Start a new deamon and log the output (#912) 2016-06-21 00:06:49 +01:00
			`screen -dmLS {{session_name}} {{command}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Show open screen sessions:`
basic usage for screen 2014-02-27 20:51:40 +00:00
			`screen -ls`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Reattach to an open screen:`
basic usage for screen 2014-02-27 20:51:40 +00:00
Update screen.md (#862) session name is also the session id, so have the same wording 2016-05-17 10:56:39 +01:00			`screen -r {{session_name}}`
basic usage for screen 2014-02-27 20:51:40 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Detach from inside a screen:`
basic usage for screen 2014-02-27 20:51:40 +00:00
change all keyboard shortcuts to have spaces around the + sign (#1356) 2017-04-28 23:34:51 +01:00			`Ctrl + A, D`
added kill detached screen command 2015-12-29 03:20:38 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Kill a detached screen:`
added kill detached screen command 2015-12-29 03:20:38 +00:00
Update screen.md (#862) session name is also the session id, so have the same wording 2016-05-17 10:56:39 +01:00			`screen -X -S {{session_name}} quit`