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screen

Terminal multiplexer (legacy) with sessions

Syntax

screen [OPTION]... [COMMAND]

Common Options

-SCreate named session
-rResume session
-lsList all sessions
-dDetach session
-dmSCreate detached named session
-xMulti-display mode

Common Examples

screen -S dev

Create named session

screen -r dev

Resume session

screen -ls

List all sessions

screen -dmS worker ./job.sh

Run script in background

Ctrl+a d

Detach current session

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