{"id":767,"date":"2021-01-08T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.velaninfo.com\/rs\/?post_type=techtips&p=767"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:59:29","slug":"how-to-use-linux-screen","status":"publish","type":"techtips","link":"https:\/\/www.velaninfo.com\/rs\/techtips\/how-to-use-linux-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Linux Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Use Linux Screen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screen is a terminal multiplexer. Any number of Windows (virtual terminals) can be started inside a session. Processes will continue to run even when the window is not visible or when you get disconnected. Screen utility allows you to run long running tasks and resume the sessions even when you get disconnected or SSH session is terminated.<\/p>\n

These days the screen package is available in most of the Linux distros. The following command checks if Screen is installed and the version of Screen.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # screen \u2013version<\/em><\/p>\n

The output for the command is as follows \u2013<\/p>\n

\"Linux<\/p>\n

Installation of Screen:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following commands installs screen on your server<\/p>\n

Ubuntu and Debian based distros<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # apt update<\/em><\/p>\n

# apt install screen<\/em><\/p>\n

CentOS and Fedora based distros<\/strong><\/p>\n

# yum update<\/em><\/p>\n

# yum install screen<\/em><\/p>\n

To start screen session, type the following command<\/p>\n

# screen<\/em><\/p>\n

To open screen session with a specific name<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # screen \u2013S name<\/em><\/p>\n

You can run multiple windows in a single screen session.<\/p>\n

To create a new windows with shell, type Ctrl+a c, the first available number from the range of 0..9 will be assigned.<\/p>\n

The following are the most common commands for managing Linux Screen window<\/p>\n