A screen cheat sheet
Sunday, 30th January, 2011
I’ve recently been using screen quite a lot when working on a client’s servers. I like it. However, my fingers haven’t yet learnt the default key-bindings for the commands I use. In an attempt to speed that learning, here’s a list of them (copied and pasted from the manual page).
| Keys | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C-a c | screen | Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window. |
| C-a A | title | Allow the user to enter a title for the current window. |
| C-a N | number | Show the number (and title) of the current window. |
C-a ' |
select | Prompt for a window identifier and switch. |
C-a " |
windowlist -b | Present a list of all windows for selection. |
| C-a k | kill | Destroy the current window. |
| C-a ? | help | Show key bindings. |
