$ whatis screen

screen (1) - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

Examples:


Output for 'screen --help' and 'man -k screen' is shown below:

  1. Use: screen [-opts] [cmd [args]] or: screen -r [host.tty]
  2. Options:
  3. -4 Resolve hostnames only to IPv4 addresses.
  4. -6 Resolve hostnames only to IPv6 addresses.
  5. -a Force all capabilities into each window's termcap.
  6. -A -[r|R] Adapt all windows to the new display width & height.
  7. -c file Read configuration file instead of '.screenrc'.
  8. -d (-r) Detach the elsewhere running screen (and reattach here).
  9. -dmS name Start as daemon: Screen session in detached mode.
  10. -D (-r) Detach and logout remote (and reattach here).
  11. -D -RR Do whatever is needed to get a screen session.
  12. -e xy Change command characters.
  13. -f Flow control on, -fn = off, -fa = auto.
  14. -h lines Set the size of the scrollback history buffer.
  15. -i Interrupt output sooner when flow control is on.
  16. -l Login mode on (update /var/run/utmp), -ln = off.
  17. -ls [match] or
  18. -list Do nothing, just list our SockDir [on possible matches].
  19. -L Turn on output logging.
  20. -Logfile file Set logfile name.
  21. -m ignore $STY variable, do create a new screen session.
  22. -O Choose optimal output rather than exact vt100 emulation.
  23. -p window Preselect the named window if it exists.
  24. -q Quiet startup. Exits with non-zero return code if unsuccessful.
  25. -Q Commands will send the response to the stdout of the querying process.
  26. -r [session] Reattach to a detached screen process.
  27. -R Reattach if possible, otherwise start a new session.
  28. -s shell Shell to execute rather than $SHELL.
  29. -S sockname Name this session .sockname instead of ...
  30. -t title Set title. (window's name).
  31. -T term Use term as $TERM for windows, rather than "screen".
  32. -U Tell screen to use UTF-8 encoding.
  33. -v Print "Screen version 4.06.02 (GNU) 23-Oct-17".
  34. -wipe [match] Do nothing, just clean up SockDir [on possible matches].
  35. -x Attach to a not detached screen. (Multi display mode).
  36. -X Execute as a screen command in the specified session.
  37. byobu (1) - wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching a text based window manager ...
  38. byobu-screen (1) - Launch byobu with screen as the backend
  39. clear (1) - clear the terminal screen
  40. figlet (6) - display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters
  41. figlet-figlet (6) - display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters
  42. mapscrn (8) - load screen output mapping table
  43. scr_dump (5) - format of curses screen-dumps.
  44. screen (1) - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
  45. screendump (1) - dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout
  46. setfont (8) - load EGA/VGA console screen font
  47. setvesablank (8) - Turn VESA screen blanking on or off
  48. showconsolefont (8) - Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font
  49. vcstime (8) - Show time in upper right hand corner of the console screen
  50. watch (1) - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
  51. xdg-screensaver (1) - command line tool for controlling the screensaver
  52. xrefresh (1) - refresh all or part of an X screen

Please click on " man screen " to see the Manual Page for this command.

Please click on " screen in PDF " format.