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| Screen command allows many cool things with the terminal such as: | Screen command allows many cool things with the terminal such as: | ||
| + | - running executables even if terminal connection is lost | ||
| - screen sharing with remote people / users (screen and screen -x) | - screen sharing with remote people / users (screen and screen -x) | ||
| - splitting of terminal into multiple shells (Ctrl-a S) | - splitting of terminal into multiple shells (Ctrl-a S) | ||
| - | - running executables even if terminal connection is lost | + | - its installed on most distros already |
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| + | Alternates: | ||
| + | - TMUX https://tmux.github.io/ | ||
| Following are some of its options (from cmd line) | Following are some of its options (from cmd line) | ||
| <code shell> | <code shell> | ||
| screen ; start an instance | screen ; start an instance | ||
| + | screen -ls ; list running instances of screen | ||
| screen -x ; attach to an active screen; used for sharing the same shell with another person | screen -x ; attach to an active screen; used for sharing the same shell with another person | ||
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| <code> | <code> | ||
| Ctrl-a c ; create a new console | Ctrl-a c ; create a new console | ||
| - | Ctrl-a Ctrl-\ ; Kill all windows and exit | + | Ctrl-a \ ; Kill all windows and exit |
| Ctrl-a " ; list existing screens in a menu (can use up/down arrows to select) | Ctrl-a " ; list existing screens in a menu (can use up/down arrows to select) | ||
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| <code> | <code> | ||
| Ctrl-a [ ; enter scroll-back mode | Ctrl-a [ ; enter scroll-back mode | ||
| + | Esc ; exits scroll-back mode | ||
| - | C-b - Scrolls a full page up. | + | C-b ; Scrolls a full page up. |
| - | C-f - Scrolls the full page down. | + | C-f ; Scrolls the full page down. |
| - | j - Move the cursor down by one line | + | j ; Move the cursor down by one line |
| - | k - Move the cursor up by one line | + | k ; Move the cursor up by one line |
| </code> | </code> | ||