howto_screen.md

How to GNU screen: a very brief guide

Create a session

screen -S session_name

Detach current screen

ctrl+a d

Note: you have to keep ctrl pressed while pressing a and then d.

Reattach to a session

screen -R session_name

Close a session

ctrl+a \

Note: \ has to be pressed without pressing the crtl key. This is safer than writing directly inside the session:

exit

because it will ask you if you are sure to close the session, on the other hand exit will brutally exit the session. Be careful, once the session is closed it cannot be restored.

List of current sessions

screen -ls