Screen_cheatsheet.md

Screen Cheasheet

Getting in

Description	Screen Command
start a new screen session with session name	screen -S <name>
list running sessions/screens	screen -ls
attach to a running session	screen -x
attach to session name	screen -r <name>
the “ultimate attach”	screen -dRR (Attaches to a screen session. If the session is attached elsewhere, detaches that other display. If no session exists, creates one. If multiple sessions exist, uses the first one.)

Escape key

All screen commands are prefixed by an escape key, by default C-a (that's Control-a, sometimes written ^a). To send a literal C-a to the programs in screen, use C-a a. This is useful when working with screen within screen. For example C-a a n will move screen to a new window on the screen within screen.

Getting out

Description	Screen Command
detach	C-a d
detach and logout (quick exit)	C-a D D
exit screen	C-a Exit all of the programs in screen (not recommended)
force-exit screen	C-a C-\(not recommended)
getting out of the screen session	exit

Window Management

Description	Screen Command
create new window	C-a c
change to last-visited active window	C-a C-a (commonly used to flip-flop between two windows)
change to window by number	C-a <number> (only for windows 0 to 9)
change to window by number or name	C-a ' <number or title>
change to next window in list	C-a n or C-a <space>
change to previous window in list	C-a p or C-a <backspace>
see window list	C-a " (allows you to select a window to change to)
show window bar	C-a w (if you don't have window bar)
kill current window	C-a k (not recommended)
kill all windows	C-a \ (not recommended)
rename current window	C-a A

Split screen

Description	Screen Command
split display horizontally	C-a S
split display vertically	C-a or C-a V (for the vanilla vertical screen patch)
jump to next display region	C-a tab
remove current region	C-a X
remove all regions but the current one	C-a Q

Clipboard and Navigation

Description	Screen Command
freely navigate buffer	C-a [ or C-a <esc>
toggle selection to copy	space
paste	C-a ]

Help

Description	Screen Command
help	C-a ? (lists keybindings)

Misc

Description	Screen Command
redraw window	C-a C-l
monitor window for activity	C-a M
monitor window for silence	C-a _
enter digraph (for producing non-ASCII characters)	C-a C-v
lock (password protect) session	C-a x
enter screen command	C-a :
enable logging in the screen session	C-a H

Scrollback-buffer

In copy mode, one can navigate the scrollback buffer in various ways:

Description	Screen Command
half page up	C-u
half page down	C-d
back	C-b
forward	C-f
cursor left/down/up/right	h/j/k/l

For further information you can visit the GNU screen website.