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title: Screen
category: CLI
layout: 2017/sheet
updated: 2020-12-05
keywords:
- Screen
- Linux
- Unix
- CLI
- Command
- Line
intro: |
Screen or GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer. In other words, it means that you can start a screen session and then open any number of windows (virtual terminals).
This does not contain **all** of screen's commands and options, read [GNU's manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Commands) to see everything
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## Basics
{: .-three-column}
### CLI Options
| Options | Description |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `-S` | Starts a named session |
| `-r [name]` | Reattach to a screen (optionally by name) |
| `-ls` or `--list` | Returns a list of session ids |
### Screens
| Keybind | Description |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ctrl+a c` | Create a new screen tab inside a screen |
| `ctrl+a [0-9]` | Switch to a screen tab by number 0 through 9 |
| `ctrl+a n` | Go to the next screen tab |
| `ctrl+a p` | Go to the previous screen tab |
| `ctrl+a k` | Kill current screen tab |
| `ctrl+a ctrl+d` | Detach the current screen and go back to the terminal (screen windows will stay running) |
### Visual pleasure
| Keybind | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| `ctrl+a S` | Split a screen horizontally |
| `ctrl+a |` | Split a screen vertically |
| `ctrl+a ctrl+I` or `ctrl+a tab` | Change screen split |
| `ctrl+a Q` | Remove all screen splits |
| `ctrl+a C` | Clear the current screen tab |
### Accessibility
| Keybind | Description |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `ctrl+a A` | Rename current screen tab |
| `ctrl+a k` | Kill current screen tab |
| `ctrl+a ctrl+a` | Switch to last used screen tab |
| `ctrl+a a` | Send `ctrl+a` to current screen tab |
| `ctrl+a ctrl+w` | See a list of all screen tabs in the current screen |