Screen Command Reference Sheet

Starting and Exiting

• screen - Start a new session.
• screen -S session_name - Start a new session with a name.
• screen -ls - List running sessions/screens.
• Ctrl-a d - Detach from a session.
• exit - Exit screen (terminate session).

Session Management

• screen -r - Reattach to a session.
• screen -d -r session_name - Reattach to a session and detach it elsewhere.
• screen -X quit - Terminate all screen sessions.

Inside Screen

• Ctrl-a c - Create a new window.
• Ctrl-a n - Switch to next window.
• Ctrl-a p - Switch to previous window.
• Ctrl-a " - List all windows.
• Ctrl-a d - Detach from the current session.
• Ctrl-a k - Kill the current window.

Miscellaneous

• Ctrl-a A - Rename the current window.
• Ctrl-a [ - Enter copy mode (scrollback buffer and text copy).
• Ctrl-a ] - Paste buffer.
• Ctrl-a x - Lock screen session.