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| ====== Screen ====== | ====== Screen ====== | ||
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| + | **General Information** | ||
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| Screen is a " | Screen is a " | ||
| This allows you to have multiple virtual terminal " | This allows you to have multiple virtual terminal " | ||
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| + | **Checklist** | ||
| + | * Distro(s): Any | ||
| + | * Package: screen | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| ===== Install and Start ===== | ===== Install and Start ===== | ||
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| 2) Start a screen session | 2) Start a screen session | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | screen | + | screen |
| </ | </ | ||
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| You will notice that top was never interrupted, | You will notice that top was never interrupted, | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
| ==== Detach and Reattach Screen ==== | ==== Detach and Reattach Screen ==== | ||
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| 1) If it is not open still, start screen | 1) If it is not open still, start screen | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | screen | + | screen |
| </ | </ | ||
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| This will give you output similar to the following: | This will give you output similar to the following: | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | bill@dt-bill:~$ screen -ls | + | bill@dt-bill ~ $ screen -ls |
| There is a screen on: | There is a screen on: | ||
| - | 6732.pts-1.dt-bill (11/23/2014 07:28:40 PM) (Detached) | + | 19734.MySession (03/09/2015 11:13:38 PM) (Detached) |
| 1 Socket in / | 1 Socket in / | ||
| - | bill@dt-bill: | + | ps -ef | grep 19734 |
| - | bill | + | bill 19734 |
| </ | </ | ||
| You can see that the number is indeed a process ID. | You can see that the number is indeed a process ID. | ||
| - | 5) Reattach to the screen: | + | 5) Reattach to the screen |
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | screen -r 6732 | + | screen -r MySession |
| + | or | ||
| + | screen -r 19734 | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | Note: You only have to specify the screen PID if you have multiple screen sessions detached and you are connecting to a specific one. | + | Note: You only have to specify the screen PID if you have multiple screen sessions detached and you are connecting to a specific one. (If only 1 screen session, you can just type " |
| You should find your still running for loop, chugging away. | You should find your still running for loop, chugging away. | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ==== Rename Existing Session ==== | ||
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| + | If you started a new screen session without specifying a name or want to rename a session: | ||
| + | |||
| + | 1) Attach to your session | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | screen -r MySession | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | 2) Command Key, then colon | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | Ctrl+A : | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | 3) Type sessionname MyNewName, then enter | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | : | ||
| + | </ | ||