Screen Command powerful usage that i like the most. ^A d detach screen session from the terminal ^A ^X lock the terminal (password protected) ^A H begin/end logging current window to file ^A h write a hardcopy of current window to file

^A a send a Ctrl-A to current window as keyboard input ^A c create a new window and switch to it ^A ? show a help screen (display key bindings) Some more key bindings of screen for your information So you will have 4 shells working in one single terminal :-)Ĭontrol+a followed by shift+s = it will split screen horizontallyĬontrol+a followed by shift+| = it will split screen verticallyĬontrol+a followed by tab = to move around the screens openedĬontrol+a followed by c = to create session in the opened screen

Its time to run the shell in all remaining screens so to move from one screen to another press (control+a followed by tab) and then in that screen press (control+a followed by c) it will create the session there. So we created the two screens horizontally now its time to split the screen vertically as well soģ) Press ( control+a followed by shift+| (don't get confuse its a pipe sign) now it will split the screen vertically but in the top screen not at bottom to split the bottom screen vertically also we have to move to that screen so press (control+a followed by tab) two times then again press (control+a followed by shift+|) it will split the bottom screen vertically also. (now you invoked the screen and you are in)Ģ) Now press (control+a followed by shift+s) it will split the screen horizontally into two. View a sample image of my terminal screen_by_hitman.jpgġ) First of all open the terminal and run the command screen and then press. Today I would like to share the screen command Its really very helpful and necessary in many cases so no need to open separate terminals for each program you can open them all in one Terminal screen.īelow i will show you only how to open 4 bash shells in one terminal you can increase it but 4 are enough according to me.

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