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 From a terminal in Linux, enter the following:
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+You can check what screen commands are available by: Press <color #00a2e8>CTRL+a</color> (let go of all keys) then hit <color #00a2e8>?</color>
-You can check what screen command are available by:
 <file>
-Press CTRL+a (let go of all keys) then hit ?
                                                      Screen key bindings, page 1 of 1.
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 :kB: focus prev
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+**Starting a "Named Session"**
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+You can name your screen sessions, which makes it easier to find the one you were in, you can do this using the following syntax:
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+    screen -S session_name
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+For example <color #ed1c24>screen -S Orca</color>
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+You will not see a lot happen, but a new window has opened and you are in a new session.
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+When you start a new screen session, it creates a single window with a shell in it.
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+You can have multiple windows inside a Screen session.
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+To create a new window with shell, type <color #ed1c24>Ctrl+a</color> then <color #ed1c24>c</color>, the first available number from the range 0...9 will be assigned to it.
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+Below are some most common commands for managing Linux Screen Windows:
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+    Ctrl+a c Create a new window (with shell)
+    Ctrl+a " List all window
+    Ctrl+a 0 Switch to window 0 (by number )
+    Ctrl+a A Rename the current window
+    Ctrl+a S Split current region horizontally into two regions
+    Ctrl+a | Split current region vertically into two regions
+    Ctrl+a tab Switch the input focus to the next region
+    Ctrl+a Ctrl+a Toggle between the current and previous region
+    Ctrl+a Q Close all regions but the current one
+    Ctrl+a X Close the current region
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+**Detach from Linux Screen Session**
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+You can detach from the screen session at any time by typing:
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+    Ctrl+a d
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+The program running in the screen session will continue to run after you detach from the session.
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+**Reattach to a Linux Screen**
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+To resume your screen session use the following command: (and this is the whole point of this article :)   )
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+    screen -r
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+In case you have multiple screen sessions running on your machine, you will need to append the screen session ID after the r switch.
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+To find the session ID list the current running screen sessions with:
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+    screen -ls
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+Output is: (your session numbers/names will differ)
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+<file>
+There are screens on:
+.pts-0.linuxize-desktop   (Detached)
+.pts-0.linuxize-desktop   (Detached)
+Sockets in /run/screens/S-linuxize.
+</file>
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+If you want to restore screen 10835.pts-0, then type the following command:
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+    screen -r 10835
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+Plagurised from : [[https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-linux-screen/]] (i do this in case their site goes down/gets closed etc).