May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Managing multiple terminals from one
SSH sessions, Konsoles, and xterms are heavyweight solutions for applications you want to run for a long time, but they perform a check infrequently (such as monitoring log files or disk usage).
The GNU screen utility creates multiple virtual screens in a terminal session. The tasks you start in a virtual screen continue to run when the screen is hidden.