Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Inaugural Session On LINUX SCREENs Dec 15th, 2011 4.00 PM

     You can use screen command in LINUX to display different screens, you can attach same or different windows in two different screens and have fun.

screen                      is a command which is used to create a new screen.
Ctrl a + Ctrl a          is used to attach windows to screen
Ctrl a + d                 is used to detach a screen
Ctrl a + S                 is used to split screen horizontally
Ctrl a + |                  is used to split screen vertically
Ctrl a + c                 is used to create a new screen
Ctrl a + n                 is used to switch to next screen (Ctrl a + tab)
Ctrl a + p                 is used to switch to previous screen
Ctrl a + "                 is used to list the windows in the current screen
Ctrl a + A                is used to name a window
Ctrl a + x                 is used to lock the current session
Ctrl a + [                  is used to enter scroll-back/copy mode use ENTER key to start and end copy
                                region
Ctrl a + ]                  is used to paste data currently stored in bufferest
Ctrl a + >                 is used to write buffer data to a file
Ctrl a + <                 is used to read file data to buffer memory
Ctrl a + ?                 is used to display screen key bindings
Ctrl a + :                  is used to go to command prompt of the window
Ctrl a + :resize         is used to re-size the current screen
Ctrl a + :fit               is used to fit the screen to new terminal after using xterm (it didn't workout for me)
Ctrl a + :remove      is used to remove the current screen

        If you use screen commands efficiently it will help to do work faster... All the best.....

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