| 1 | == Screen program == |
| 2 | |
| 3 | With screen you can create one or more sessions in your current SSH terminal. Just run |
| 4 | |
| 5 | {{{ |
| 6 | screen |
| 7 | }}} |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Ctrl a c - Creates a new screen session so that you can use more than one screen session at once. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Ctrl a n - Switches to the next screen session (if you use more than one). |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Ctrl a p - Switches to the previous screen session (if you use more than one). |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Ctrl a d - Detaches a screen session (without killing the processes in it - they continue). |
| 16 | |
| 17 | To close a screen session where all tasks are finished you can type |
| 18 | {{{ |
| 19 | exit |
| 20 | }}} |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Back on your normal SSH terminal, you can run |
| 23 | |
| 24 | screen -ls |
| 25 | |
| 26 | to get a list of your current screen sessions. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | To reconnect to one of these sessions, run |
| 29 | {{{ |
| 30 | screen -r 1234.my.server |
| 31 | }}} |