screen

Screen multiplexer. See tmux for a more "modern" alternative. The default command prefix is Ctrl + a.

Executing stuff

• Ctrl + a - w → Display all windows.
• Ctrl + a - c → Create a new window.
• Ctrl + a - A → Rename a window.
• Ctrl + a - n → Move to next window.
• Ctrl + a - p → Move to previous window.
• Ctrl + a - <number> → Move to a specific window (note that the numeration starts at zero).
• Ctrl + a - " → List available windows.
• Ctrl + a - k → Close the current window.

Workings with regions (panes)

• Ctrl + a - S → Split horizontally.
• Ctrl + a - | → Split vertically.
• Ctrl + a - Tab → Move between windows.
• Ctrl + a - Q → Terminate all other regions.
• Ctrl + a - X → Terminate the current region.

To use the new pane, you need to move to it (Ctrl + a - Tab) and start a new session within it (Ctrl + a - c).

Working with sessions

• Ctrl + a - d → Detach the current session.
• screen --list / screen -ls → List detached sessions.
• Ctrl + a - r → Re-attach to the last used session. PID from screen -ls or session name can be used to attach to the specific one.

Copying stuff between panes/windows

1. Enter scrollback mode with Ctrl + a - [.
2. Move to the beginning of the stuff you want to copy and press space.
3. Move to the end of the stuff you want to copy and mark the place with space.
4. Go to the destination window and press Ctrl + a - ].

Global customization in /etc/screenrc, user-specific in ~/.screenrc.