GNU Screen Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes.
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terminal multiplexer interactive shell VT100 terminal multiplexer multiple terminals

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Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes. Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. Each virtual terminal provides the functions of the DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ANSI X3.64 (ISO 6429) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g., insert/delete line and support for multiple character sets).There is a scrollback history buffer for each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows the user to move text regions between windows. When screen is called, it creates a single window with a shell in it (or the specified command) and then gets out of your way so that you can use the program as you normally would.Then, at any time, you can create new (full-screen) windows with other programs in them (including more shells), kill the current window, view a list of the active windows, turn output logging on and off, copy text between windows, view the scrollback history, switch between windows, etc. All windows run their programs completely independent of each other. Programs continue to run when their window is currently not visible and even when the whole screen session is detached from the users terminal.Usage: screen ] or: screen -r Options:-a Force all capabilities into each window's termcap.-A - Adapt all windows to the new display width & height.-c file Read configuration file instead of '.screenrc'.-d (-r) Detach the elsewhere running screen (and reattach here).-dmS name Start as daemon: Screen session in detached mode.-D (-r) Detach and logout remote (and reattach here).-D -RR Do whatever is needed to get a screen session.-e xy Change command characters.-f Flow control on, -fn = off, -fa = auto.-h lines Set the size of the scrollback history buffer.-i Interrupt output sooner when flow control is on.-l Login mode on (update /var/run/utmp), -ln = off.-list or -ls. Do nothing, just list our SockDir.-L Turn on output logging.-m ignore $STY variable, do create a new screen session.-O Choose optimal output rather than exact vt100 emulation.-p window Preselect the named window if it exists.-q Quiet startup. Exits with non-zero return code if unsuccessful.-r Reattach to a detached screen process.-R Reattach if possible, otherwise start a new session.-s shell Shell to execute rather than $SHELL.-S sockname Name this session < pid >.sockname instead of < pid >.< tty >.< host >.-t title Set title. (window's name).-T term Use term as $TERM for windows, rather than "screen".-U Tell screen to use UTF-8 encoding.-v Print "Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06".-wipe Do nothing, just clean up SockDir.-x Attach to a not detached screen. (Multi display mode).-X Execute as a screen command in the specified session.

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