Screen cheat sheet

Screen is a Linux utility for making multiple displays with one login and switching, cutting and pasting between the sessions. Here is an abbreviated list of what to do. A full list of course is found in “man screen” or “info screen”

• Invoke: screen
• Detatch ^a d
• re-attach screen -r
• New session: ^a c
• Next session: ^a n
• Previous session: ^a p
• List sessions ^a “
• Title a window: ^a A
• Split screen: ^a | or ^a s (vertical, horizontal)
• Other screen (when split): ^a tab or ^a ^i
• Unsplit screen: ^a Q
• Copy mode: ^a [
  • in copy mode, can move the cursor with arrow keys,hjkl,
  • pg up, pg down, ^b ^f
  • Search backwards: ? or ^r
  • Search forwards: ^a s or /
  • Next / Prev search pattern: n or N
  • Mark: space
  • Copy: Enter
  • Exit: any non-copy mode key (q for one)
• Paste: ^a ]