Screen workshop

ssh to a host (development vm)

create a new screen session “test”: screen -S test . Now you are logged into first terminal. Type anything like “ls”

Detach from screen: Ctrl-a d

Reattach to the session “test”: screen -r test

Create a new terminal in current session, type anything: Ctr-a c

Create one more terminal: Ctrl-a c

Scroll thru terminals forwards / backwards: Ctrl-a n or Ctrl-a p

Name focuse terminal: Ctrl-a A YourTerminalName

Split window to show two/three/… terminals: Ctrl-a S

adjust height of focused window: Ctrl-a : Type resize +5 to get more 5 lines for current subwindow

Choose a subwindow in a splitted window: Ctrl-a TAB . In each subwindow you can choose a terminal with Ctrl-a n or Ctrl-a p

You can navigate thru list of terminals with: Ctrl-a “ (remember hitting SHIFT to get ”)

Unsplit window: Ctrl-a X

To copy anything to clipboard, enter copy-mode: Ctrl-a ESC , then navigate to the beginning of copied text, hit bar, move to the end, hit again bar

To paste copied text: Ctrl-a ]

Kill current terminal: Ctrl-a k

Detach: Ctrl-a d