May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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How to do it...
- Once the screen utility has created a new window, all the keystrokes go to the task running in that window, except Control-A (Ctrl-A), which marks the start of a screen command.
- Creating screen windows: To create a new screen, run the command screen from your shell. You will see a welcome message with information about the screen. Press Space or Return to return to the shell prompt. To create a new virtual terminal, press Ctrl + A and then C (these are case-sensitive) or type screen again.
- Viewing a list of open windows: While running the screen, pressing Ctrl+A followed by a quote (") will list your terminal sessions.
- Switching between windows: The keystrokes Ctrl + A and Ctrl + N display the next window and Ctrl + A