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Screen

Is a terminal multiplexer in Linux

Reference

Complete guide here * Start screen * List sessions ID screen -ls * In a session - Hotkey CTRL+A then: * d: Detach * [: Copy mode * Page-Up to scroll up, Page-Down to scroll down * Space to start selection and Space again to stop it * ]: Paste mode * :sessionname <Your_session_name> : Rename * Detach screen -d session_ID * Reattach screen -r session_ID * Force detach & attach screen -d -r session_ID

Notes

Cannot make directory '/run/screen': Permission denied

mkdir ~/.screen && chmod 700 ~/.screen

And add export SCREENDIR="$HOME/.screen" to your $HOME/.bashrc