Screen

Basics

1. To start a new sub session (Virtual Session) type
   ((ctrl+a) c)
   Please ignore the plus (+)symbol, this essentially means "ctrl a then c"
2. To switch between sessions...
   ((ctrl+a) <space bar>)
3. To switch between your previous session and the current one..
   ((ctrl+a) a)
4. To kill a frozen session...
   ((ctrl+a) k)
5. To see a list of available commands...
   ((ctrl+a) ?)
6. To see a list of virtual terminals you have open..
   ((ctrl+a) ")
7. To Detach from a screen session and not lose any of your virtual terminals...
   ((ctrl+a) d) ( This is one of the best features of screen!! )
8. To view current screen sessions once you are logged out of screen..
   "screen -list"
9. To reattach to an Attached session (Session that was not detached properly)
   "screen -D -r <11546.pts-5.hostname>" (session name from the output of the screen -list command)
10. To reattach to a detached session..
    "screen -r <11546.pts-5.hostname>" (session name from the output of the screen -list command)
11. To end that session you can either type
    "exit" or a (ctrl+d)