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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
- | In this tutorial $ | + | In this tutorial |
- | A Screen command is usually of the form CTRL-a KEY, i.e., you'll have to press the CTRL key along with a, followed by a generic KEY. (Screen' | + | A Screen command is usually of the form **CTRL-a KEY**, i.e., you'll have to press the **CTRL** key along with "a", followed by a generic KEY. (Screen' |
You'll need to be a [[http:// | You'll need to be a [[http:// | ||
- | If you want a screencast tutorial, type: | + | If you want a "screencast" |
- | "$ ttyplay / | + | '' |
on a terminal connected to SDF. | on a terminal connected to SDF. | ||
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- | When you run it, a window with some copyright and some other info will show up, with [Press Space or Return to end.] at the bottom. OK, as it says, you can now press Space or Enter. You will then see your shell prompt and nothing else. That's fine: you can now run your programs as usual, the difference is that they will run under a Screen session. You can detach it by typing CTRL-a d. Screen will keep your session running. Now if you logout, then log back in, and type: | + | When you run it, a window with some copyright and some other info will show up, with "[Press Space or Return to end.]" |
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- | The -d flag will detach Screen, while -r will reattach. There are various types of detach and flags. For instance, if you type the previous command and there was no screen session to be resumed, you'll get a There is no screen to be detached. message. In this case you'll probably need: | + | The "-d" |
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- | which will first create a new session (or rettach | + | which will first create a new session (or reattach |
===== Multiple windows ===== | ===== Multiple windows ===== | ||
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- | will create a new window, leaving the previous window untouched, though not visible. Instead of typing screen, you can use the shortcut CTRL-a c. | + | will create a new window, leaving the previous window untouched, though not visible. Instead of typing screen, you can use the shortcut |
- | You can create as many windows as you want. You can swith between windows with CTRL-a n (next window) and CTRL-a p (previous window). It's also possible to select windows by number. Typing CTRL-a 1 will open window number 1, CTRL-a 2, to window 2, and so on. | + | You can create as many windows as you want. You can swith between windows with **CTRL-a n** (next window) and **CTRL-a p** (previous window). It's also possible to select windows by number. Typing |
- | How do you know what's a window number? Well, you can type CTRL-a " (yeah, that's a double quote). In that case a menu with a windows list will open. You can select a number and press enter to go to that screen. An easier way is to have a hard status line that shows you each window number. For doing this in a permanent manner, you'll have to create a .screenrc (Screen' | + | How do you know what's a window number? Well, you can type **CTRL-a "** (yeah, that's a double quote). In that case a menu with a windows list will open. You can select a number and press enter to go to that screen. An easier way is to have a hard status line that shows you each window number. For doing this in a permanent manner, you'll have to create a .screenrc (Screen' |
<file config .screenrc> | <file config .screenrc> | ||
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===== Multiple sessions ===== | ===== Multiple sessions ===== | ||
- | It's possible to have various Screen sessions running, each one with their own set of windows open. If you started Screen by just typing screen, a new session is created. If you detach and type screen again, a new session will start. If you now type: | + | It's possible to have various Screen sessions running, each one with their own set of windows open. If you started Screen by just typing |
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where HOST is the hostname and YOU is your username. | where HOST is the hostname and YOU is your username. | ||
- | You can reattach a screen session by name. Say for instance that you want to resume the 4522.pts-8.HOST session. In this case you'll have to type: | + | You can reattach a screen session by name. Say for instance that you want to resume the "4522.pts-8.HOST" |
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- | Obviously 4522.pts-8.HOST is not a very userfriendly session name. You can give a meaningful name by starting screen as: | + | Obviously |
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- | where mysession is the name you want to give to your session (e.g., work). | + | where mysession is the name you want to give to your session (e.g., |
===== Splitting windows ===== | ===== Splitting windows ===== | ||
- | It could be useful to split a window so that you can have two programs running on the viewport. In this case, type CTRL-a S and you'll see that the window will be split in two regions, with the one at the bottom blank. You can swith to it with CTRL-a TAB (TAB is the tab key) and then select a window by typing its number, or p (previous) or n (next), e.g., CTRL-a 2. You can always swith through regions with CTRL-a TAB. | + | It could be useful to split a window so that you can have two programs running on the viewport. In this case, type **CTRL-a S** and you'll see that the window will be split in two regions, with the one at the bottom blank. You can swith to it with **CTRL-a TAB** (TAB is the tab key) and then select a window by typing its number, or "p" |
- | It's possible to split the window in more then two regions, each time by typing CTRL-a S | + | It's possible to split the window in more then two regions, each time by typing |
- | If you want to split a window vertically, you'll have to either use a // | + | If you want to split a window vertically, you'll have to either use a // |
===== Sharing screen sessions ===== | ===== Sharing screen sessions ===== | ||
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===== .screenrc ===== | ===== .screenrc ===== | ||
- | As we previously saw, it is possible to customize Screen by writing settings in a file named .screenrc in your $HOME directory. We will now some useful Screen settings. | + | As we previously saw, it is possible to customize Screen by writing settings in a file named ".screenrc" |
- | ==== Avoiding the startup message | + | === Avoiding the startup message === |
A full screen message with copyright and other stuff is usually displayed at startup. This can get annoying. In order to avoid it, you can put in your .screenrc the following: | A full screen message with copyright and other stuff is usually displayed at startup. This can get annoying. In order to avoid it, you can put in your .screenrc the following: | ||
- | startup_message off | + | <file config .screenrc> |
- | ==== Keybindings ==== | + | startup_message off |
- | It's possible to bind keys so that when you type CTRL-a KEY Screen willl open a new window launching some program. For instance, if you write in your .screenrc | + | </file> |
- | | + | === Keybindings === |
+ | |||
+ | It's possible to bind keys so that when you type **CTRL-a KEY** Screen will open a new window launching some program. For instance, if you write in your .screenrc file | ||
+ | |||
+ | <file config .screenrc> | ||
+ | |||
+ | bind m screen -t mail 1 mutt | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
- | each time you'll type CTRL-a m a new window (named mail)with mutt will be created. Be careful: when you bind a key, you'll overwrite Screen' | + | each time you'll type **CTRL-a m** a new window (named |
===== Cheat sheet ===== | ===== Cheat sheet ===== |
screen.txt · Last modified: 2021/03/16 21:39 by hc9