Screen Shortcuts

March 4th, 2008

start “screen”

create new window “ctrl-a c”

switch to next window “ctrl-a n”

switch to previous window “ctrl-a p”

switch to list of windows “ctrl-a “”

switch to a particular window “ctrl-a <number>”

detach sreen “ctrl-a d”

reattach sreen “screen -r”

kill a window “ctrl-a k”

rename a window “ctrl-a A”

Move between split sections of the screen “ctrl-a <TAB>”

Split the current window in two “ctrl-a S”

Kill all regions but the current one “ctrl-a Q”

remove active window from split screen “ctrl-a X”

C-a S (split) command, you can adjust the size with C-a :resize n (n is the number of lines, also +n and -n to add or remove lines).
references

http://linuxgazette.net/147/appaiah.html

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/34

http://www.neophob.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/112-GNU-Screen-cheat-sheet.html

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