/-----------------------------------------\ | GNU screen Quick Reference | | (C)2003 Adam Monsen | \-----------------------------------------/ Screen is an indispensable console "window" manager. If you do any work in a text-based console, screen can provide: - multiple login shells on a single box - console detach and reattach capabilities - searchable, copyable scrollback buffer - console activity and silence monitoring - multi-console window splitting - much, much, more! ...all for one low, low, price (US$0.00). --1-- INSTALL screen Screen is available at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen. It is also bundled with many popular operating systems. --2-- START screen screen . --3-- TYPE away Now just use the console as you normally would. Most of screen's commands are available after typing control-a. Here are some useful ones: - ^a ? Help - ^a c New console - ^a Cycle to next console - ^a w List consoles - ^a d Detach this screen session (screen -r to reattach) - ^a [ View scrollback buffer (Vi keys to move around) - ^a M Monitor/Unmonitor this console for activity - ^a _ Monitor/Unmonitor this console for silence - ^a S Split console (^a to cycle to next split) That's about the extent to which I use screen. The screen info manual ("info screen") is the definitive guide. If you're reattaching to a screen that you've manually detached, or the connection to the box where your screen session was running was lost, try 'screen -r'. Have fun! --*-- RESOURCES screen project page: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ screen Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/ if you liked screen: http://donate.fsf.org/ Done. -Adam /----------------------------------------\ | v0.01 [ Thu Mar 27 13:56:59 PST 2003 ] | | -initial revision | \----------------------------------------/