screen!
suresh pradhana
screen is a terminal multiplexer that allows you to manage multiple terminal sessions within a single terminal window or SSH session.
It was created in the late 1980s and has been a popular tool for remote administration, managing long-running processes, and working with multiple terminals simultaneously.
- To start a new screen session:
screen - To create a new window within the session:
Ctrl-a c - To switch between windows:
Ctrl-a n (next window) Ctrl-a p (previous window) Ctrl-a [0-9] (numbered window) - To split the current window vertically:
Ctrl-a S - To detach from the session (while keeping it running):
Ctrl-a d - To reattach to a detached session:
screen -r - To exit a window or session:
exit