Please ref to this page: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/linux/l-cn-screen/
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/442418-using-screen-for-remote-interaction
screen basic usage:
1. screen can exit if even you log out or ssh session terminated. That feature is very usefull
when you login a server to build a project or copy large files, which can take hours to be
finished. you can create a screen session and then execute your task and detach from
your current session, then you logout your computer and go home.When you get home,
you can log in your computer and check if there is a error happended. What is you to do
is just reattach the screen session.
1. create a screen session
screen vi test/init
2. check screen sessions
bash-4.3> screen -ls
There is a screen on:
3460.pts-0.alloc-Rev-1-0 (2015年06月02日 22时03分23秒) (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-alloc.
3. detach from current session
C-a d
4. reattach the session
bash-4.3> screen -r 3460
5. create new window
C-a c or screen cmd
6. switch windows
C-a +windnum
7 exit screen
C-a \
8. quit a session
screen -X -S session quit
9. kill a window
C-a k
10 rename a window
C-a A
11: send C-a to app(eg send C-a to emacs)
C-a a
12 enable altscreen
add altscreen on
with altscreen on, vim/emacs exit, screen will return the old state.
13 send command to nested screen
C-a a + command
14. screen config file
startup_message off # default: on
defscrollback 4096 # default: 100
shell -$SHELL
vbell off
crlf off # default: off
caption always "%{= kw} %H | %{kc}%?%-w%?%{kY}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{= kc}%?%+w%? %=|%{kW} %l %{kw}| %{kc}%{-b}%D, %m/%d/%Y |%{kW}%{+b}%c:%s %{wk}"
termcapinfo xterm* 'hs:ts=\E]0;:fs=\007:ds=\E]0;\007'
defhstatus "screen ^E (^Et) | $USER@^EH"
hardstatus off
15 scroll up and down
C-a + [ + C-u(up) or C-d(down)