screen is a screen management program. The easiest way to describe it is to tell you what it can do for you.
screenscreen -RUd — with these argument you'll never go wrong. In a nutshell, here is what each one does:
d — detach; this option causes to look for an already runnning copy (session) of screen and detaches it from the
terminal
R —
screen — the Control-A Keyscreen through using the Control-A key escape sequence e sequence ^A (holding down the Ctrl key and then pressing the A key, also written as Ctrl-A or Control--A, or Ctl-A
| Ctl- | Action |
|---|---|
| c | Creates a new window (with the next available window number) |
| d | detaches screen from this terminal
|
| 0-9 | Switches to window 0-9 |
| ' | Prompts for and switched to entered window (useful if you have more than 10 windows) |
| " | Displays a list of windows |
| A | Prompts for and sets the name of the window |