Screen Command Usage

Before you start

screen is a terminal multiplexer. In other words, it means that you can start a screen session and then open any number of windows (virtual terminals) inside that session. Processes running in screen will continue to run when their window is not visible even if you get disconnected.

Using the screen command

To detach from your screen session:

Ctrl A / D

To attach to you screen session:

screen -r [YOUR_SCREEN_NAME]

Ex:

screen -r john_session

To exit from your screen session:

exit (twice if you run the "dbus-run-session -- bash" command)

To get help (from screen session):

Ctrl A / ?

More Information

For the Screen command manual, type:

man screen