screen cheatsheet

This is a quick reference guide cheat sheet for the screen command.

#Getting started

$ screen

Press Ctrl-a d to detach session

List all screen sessions

$ screen -ls

Re-attach a screen Session

screen -r <name/pid>

Options	Example	Description
`-S`	`screen -S debug`	Start a new session with session name
`-ls`	`screen -ls`	List running sessions / screens
`-x`	`screen -x`	Attach to a running session
`-r`	`screen -r debug`	Attach to a running session with name
`-R`	`screen -R debug`	Attach to a session (Will create if it doesn't exist)
`-d`	`screen -d -m wget xxxx.com/large.file`	Start screen in detached mode
`-X`	`screen -X -S debug kill`	Kill a running session

Command	Description
`Ctrl-a?`	See help (Lists keybindings)

Command	Description
`Ctrl-ac`	Create new window
`Ctrl-aCtrl-a`	Change to last-visited active window
`Ctrl-a0...9`	Change to window by number
`Ctrl-a'<0...9 or title>`	Change to window by number or name
`Ctrl-an` or `Ctrl-a<space>`	Change to next window in list
`Ctrl-ap` or `Ctrl-a<backspace>`	Change to previous window in list
`Ctrl-a"`	See window list
`Ctrl-aw`	Show window bar
`Ctrl-ak`	Kill current window (not recommended)
`Ctrl-a\`	Kill all windows (not recommended)
`Ctrl-aA`	Rename current window

Command	Description
`Ctrl-ad`	Detach
`Ctrl-aDD`	Detach and logout (quick exit)
`Ctrl-a:`	Exit all session
`Ctrl-aC-\`	Force-exit screen (not recommended)

Command	Description
`Ctrl-aS`	Split display horizontally
`Ctrl-aV`	Split display vertically
`Ctrl-a\|`	Split display vertically
`Ctrl-atab`	Jump to next display region
`Ctrl-aX`	Remove current region
`Ctrl-aQ`	Remove all regions but the current one

Command	Description
`Ctrl-aC-l`	Redraw window
`Ctrl-a[`	Copy mode
`Ctrl-a<esc>`	Copy mode
`Ctrl-a]`	Paste
`Ctrl-aM`	Monitor window for activity
`Ctrl-a_`	Monitor window for silence
`Ctrl-aCtrl-v`	Enter digraph (non-ASCII characters)
`Ctrl-ax`	Lock (password protect) display
`Ctrl-a:`	Enter screen command
`Ctrl-aH`	Enable logging in the screen session

Ssh and attach in one line.

$ ssh -t user@host screen -x <name/pid>