Documentation/devtools/maemo5/screen
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# screen | # screen | ||
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# screen -dr | # screen -dr | ||
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| + | === Share a session === | ||
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| + | user1:# screen | ||
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| + | user2:# ssh user1@host | ||
| + | user2:# screen -x | ||
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| + | The first user hosts a screen session and the second user can connect to the non-disconnected "multi-display" session using the -x parameter. Text input is shared additionally. | ||
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[edit] Description
Screen is a tool to manage multiple terminal sessions. It offers a very handy way to run multiple interactive shells when the screen space is limited.
The manual page is well written and provides comprehensive documentation.
[edit] Packages
source: screen
binary: screen
[edit] Usage Examples
[edit] Resume session
# screen
To exit from screen, exit from all the shells that you had started in it, or you can also suspend it to background by issuing C-a d (control-a d).
You can later return to the suspended session by starting screen like this:
# screen -dr
[edit] Share a session
user1:# screen
user2:# ssh user1@host user2:# screen -x
The first user hosts a screen session and the second user can connect to the non-disconnected "multi-display" session using the -x parameter. Text input is shared additionally.
[edit] Links
[edit] See Also
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