Installation

Check installation/version of screen

screen --version

Scrolling

# enter copy mode to start scrolling
ctrl + A + Esc

# Set scrollback to 10,000 line buffer
ctrl + A + :
scrollback 10000

Set default scrollback to 10,000 lines

defscrollback 10000

View Session

# View list of available screens
screen -list

# Show all window
ctrl + a + w

# View next available screen
ctrl + shift + A + N

# View previous available screen
ctrl + shift + A + P

# Start toggler to other windows
## press arrow keys to toggle through the available screens
ctrl + A + "

Manage Sessions

# Start a new session or create new window
ctrl + A + C

Named Sessions

# Set name on current window
ctrl + a + A

# Start a new session with name
screen -S session_name

Detach/Reattach

# Detach window
ctrl + a + d

# List detached sessions
screen -DR

Reattach a session

# by process_id
screen -r process_id

# by name
screen -r session_name

Kill session

ctrl + A + K

Splits

# create split screen
ctrl + a + S

# switch between split screens
ctrl + a + tab

# kill all regions except current
ctrl + a + q

# remove active window from split screen
ctrl + a + x