The screen command

screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation 3 examples from the lessons of the IVski Linux Playground — try them in the terminal next to them.

Options in the examples

-ls [match]
does not start screen, but prints a list of pid.tty.host strings and creation timestamps identifying your screen sessions.
-r [pid.tty.host]
resumes a detached screen session.
-S sessionname
When creating a new session, this option can be used to specify a meaningful name for the session.

Examples

screen -S work

Start named session

screen -ls

List sessions

screen -r work

Reattach

Lessons that use screen