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Screen Begginer Guide

Mar 1st, 2025 (edited)
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  1. #Update system
  2. sudo apt update
  3.  
  4. #Install screen
  5. sudo apt install screen
  6.  
  7. #Create new screen session
  8. screen -S session_name
  9.  
  10. #List all active sessions
  11. screen -ls
  12.  
  13. #Re-attach to active session
  14. screen -r session_name
  15.  
  16. #Kill screen session
  17. screen -S session_name -X quit
  18.  
  19. #Launch screen session with logging
  20. screen -L -S session_name
  21.  
  22. #Open screen config
  23. cd
  24. nano ~/.screenrc
  25.  
  26. #Increase scroll buffer size
  27. #Just add this sctring to config and save(Ctrl-X-Y-Enter)
  28. defscrollback 5000
  29.  
  30. --------------
  31.  
  32. #To write logs to specific file
  33. #Press
  34. CTRL+A+:
  35. #enter command
  36. logfile /root/screenlog.log
  37. #Press again
  38. CTRL+A+:
  39. #enter command
  40. log on
  41.  
  42. --------------
  43.  
  44. #Useful commands inside screen
  45. Ctrl+A+d - Detach from ongoing screen(process will go on, session will stay)
  46. Ctrl+A+K - Kill ongoing screen(session will be terminated)
  47. Ctrl+A+H - Enable logging from the inside of session
  48. Ctrl+A+[ - Enable scroll mode, scroll with PgUp and PgDown keys (esc/Q to quit scrollig)
  49. Ctrl+A+: - Enter command mode in screen
  50.  
  51. IMPORTANT! When entering commands below consider register of the letters, use SHIFT bottom to enter upper-register lettes.
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