Screen

Starting screen

To start screen, enter the following command:

 screen

General commands

Note: Every screen command begins with Ctrl-a.

Ctrl-a c	Create new window (shell)
Ctrl-a k	Kill the current window
Ctrl-a w	List all windows (the current window is marked with "*")
Ctrl-a 0-9	Go to a window numbered 0-9
Ctrl-a n	Go to the next window
Ctrl-a Ctrl-a	Toggle between the current and previous window
Ctrl-a [	Start copy mode
Ctrl-a ]	Paste copied text
Ctrl-a ?	Help (display a list of commands)
Ctrl-a Ctrl-\	Quit screen
Ctrl-a D (Shift-d)	Power detach and logout
Ctrl-a d	Detach but keep shell window open

To copy a block

To get into copy mode, press Ctrl-a [ .

To move the cursor, press the h, j, k, and l (the letter l) keys. The 0 (the number 0) or ^ (the caret) moves to the start of the line and $ (the dollar sign) moves to the end of the line. Ctrl-b scrolls the cursor back one page and Ctrl-f scrolls forward one page. To set the left and right margins of copy, press c and C (Shift-c). The Spacebar starts selecting the text and ends selecting the text. To abort copy mode, press Ctrl-g.

To paste a block

To paste the copied text to the current window (as many times as you want), press Ctrl-a ].