More documentation on the stuff command can be found here.Related words Slang terms with the same meaning If you need to find out what keycode a specific key sends, in bash you can to stop a running interactive process): screen -S sessionName -p 0 -X stuff "^C" If you omit it, screen will just type ls onto your terminal If you have a running screen session and you want to send the ls command: screen -S sessionName -p 0 -X stuff "ls^M"Īfter the stuff you do need quotes. So for the logfileĬommand: screen -S sessionName -p 0 -X logfile filename.txtįor shell commands or keyboard input, we need to use the screen command stuff. With CTRL+A you canĭirectly go to that window inside screen.įor screen commands, after the -X flag you don't need quotes.
#SCREENIE COMMANDS WINDOWS#
Windows ( CTRL+A c) you can specify the number. The -p 0 flag is for the window inside screen. To send a screen command to a session: screen -S sessionName -p 0 -X screen command Screen has the -X flag which allows you to send a (screen) command to a session. Sending commands to screenĪs explained above, there is a difference between shell commands and screen commands. You can view all screen sessions and with either screen -r or screen -x youĬan reattach to a session. You can start a detached screen session with the following command: screen -dmS sessionName Shell commands are things you type in your terminal. Tells screen to log the output to a text file named filename.txt.
For example, the command logfile filename.txt screenrcįile or inside a screen session via CTRL+A. Screen commands are the same things as what you would put in a. This was a screen command, not a shell command. To a running but detached screen session.
#SCREENIE COMMANDS HOW TO#
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