screen: Command Summary
5.2 Command Summary
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'acladd USERNAMES'
Allow other users in this session. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'aclchg USERNAMES PERMBITS LIST'
Change a user's permissions. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'acldel USERNAME'
Disallow other user in this session. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'aclgrp USRNAME [GROUPNAME]'
Inherit permissions granted to a group leader. ⇒Multiuser
Session.
'aclumask [USERS]+/-BITS ...'
Predefine access to new windows. ⇒Umask.
'activity MESSAGE'
Set the activity notification message. ⇒Monitor.
'addacl USERNAMES'
Synonym to 'acladd'. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'allpartial STATE'
Set all windows to partial refresh. ⇒Redisplay.
'altscreen STATE'
Enables support for the "alternate screen" terminal capability.
⇒Redisplay.
'at [IDENT][#|*|%] COMMAND [ARGS]'
Execute a command at other displays or windows. ⇒At.
'attrcolor ATTRIB [ATTRIBUTE/COLOR-MODIFIER]'
Map attributes to colors. ⇒Attrcolor.
'autodetach STATE'
Automatically detach the session on SIGHUP. ⇒Detach.
'autonuke STATE'
Enable a clear screen to discard unwritten output. ⇒
Autonuke.
'backtick ID LIFESPAN AUTOREFRESH COMMAND [ARGS]'
Define a command for the backtick string escape. ⇒Backtick.
'bce [STATE]'
Change background color erase. ⇒Character Processing.
'bell_msg [MESSAGE]'
Set the bell notification message. ⇒Bell.
'bind [-c CLASS] KEY [COMMAND [ARGS]]'
Bind a command to a key. ⇒Bind.
'bindkey [OPTS] [STRING [CMD ARGS]]'
Bind a string to a series of keystrokes. ⇒Bindkey.
'blanker'
Blank the screen. ⇒Screen Saver.
'blankerprg'
Define a blanker program. ⇒Screen Saver.
'break [DURATION]'
Send a break signal to the current window. ⇒Break.
'breaktype [TCSENDBREAK | TCSBRK | TIOCSBRK]'
Specify how to generate breaks. ⇒Break.
'bufferfile [EXCHANGE-FILE]'
Select a file for screen-exchange. ⇒Screen Exchange.
'bumpleft'
Swaps window with previous one on window list. ⇒Bumpleft.
'bumpright'
Swaps window with previous one on window list. ⇒Bumpright.
'c1 [STATE]'
Change c1 code processing. ⇒Character Processing.
'caption MODE [STRING]'
Change caption mode and string. ⇒Regions.
'chacl USERNAMES PERMBITS LIST'
Synonym to 'aclchg'. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'charset SET'
Change character set slot designation. ⇒Character
Processing.
'chdir [DIRECTORY]'
Change the current directory for future windows. ⇒Chdir.
'cjkwidth'
Treat ambiguous width characters as full/half width. ⇒
Character Processing.
'clear'
Clear the window screen. ⇒Clear.
'colon'
Enter a 'screen' command. ⇒Colon.
'collapse'
Reorders window on window list, removing number gaps between them.
⇒Collapse.
'command [-c CLASS]'
Simulate the screen escape key. ⇒Command Character.
'compacthist [STATE]'
Selects compaction of trailing empty lines. ⇒Scrollback.
'console [STATE]'
Grab or ungrab console output. ⇒Console.
'copy'
Enter copy mode. ⇒Copy.
'copy_reg [KEY]'
Removed. Use 'paste' instead. ⇒Registers.
'crlf STATE'
Select line break behavior for copying. ⇒Line Termination.
'debug STATE'
Suppress/allow debugging output. ⇒Debug.
'defautonuke STATE'
Select default autonuke behavior. ⇒Autonuke.
'defbce STATE'
Select background color erase. ⇒Character Processing.
'defbreaktype [TCSENDBREAK | TCSBRK | TIOCSBRK]'
Specify the default for generating breaks. ⇒Break.
'defc1 STATE'
Select default c1 processing behavior. ⇒Character
Processing.
'defcharset [SET]'
Change defaul character set slot designation. ⇒Character
Processing.
'defencoding ENC'
Select default window encoding. ⇒Character Processing.
'defescape XY'
Set the default command and 'meta' characters. ⇒Command
Character.
'defflow FSTATE'
Select default flow control behavior. ⇒Flow.
'defgr STATE'
Select default GR processing behavior. ⇒Character
Processing.
'defhstatus [STATUS]'
Select default window hardstatus line. ⇒Hardstatus.
'deflog STATE'
Select default window logging behavior. ⇒Log.
'deflogin STATE'
Select default utmp logging behavior. ⇒Login.
'defmode MODE'
Select default file mode for ptys. ⇒Mode.
'defmonitor STATE'
Select default activity monitoring behavior. ⇒Monitor.
'defmousetrack ON|OFF'
Select the default mouse tracking behavior. ⇒Mousetrack.
'defnonblock STATE|NUMSECS'
Select default nonblock mode. ⇒Nonblock.
'defobuflimit LIMIT'
Select default output buffer limit. ⇒Obuflimit.
'defscrollback NUM'
Set default lines of scrollback. ⇒Scrollback.
'defshell COMMAND'
Set the default program for new windows. ⇒Shell.
'defsilence STATE'
Select default idle monitoring behavior. ⇒Monitor.
'defslowpaste MSEC'
Select the default inter-character timeout when pasting. ⇒
Paste.
'defutf8 STATE'
Select default character encoding. ⇒Character Processing.
'defwrap STATE'
Set default line-wrapping behavior. ⇒Wrap.
'defwritelock ON|OFF|AUTO'
Set default writelock behavior. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'zombie_timeout [SECONDS]'
Try to reconnect dead windows after timeout. ⇒Zombie.
'detach [-h]'
Disconnect 'screen' from the terminal. ⇒Detach.
'digraph [PRESET [UNICODE-VALUE]]'
Enter a digraph sequence. ⇒Digraph.
'dinfo'
Display terminal information. ⇒Info.
'displays'
List currently active user interfaces. ⇒Displays.
'dumptermcap'
Write the window's termcap entry to a file. ⇒Dump Termcap.
'echo [-n] MESSAGE'
Display a message on startup. ⇒Startup.
'encoding ENC [DENC]'
Set the encoding of a window. ⇒Character Processing.
'escape XY'
Set the command and 'meta' characters. ⇒Command Character.
'eval COMMAND1 [COMMAND2 ...]'
Parse and execute each argument. ⇒Eval.
'exec [[FDPAT] COMMAND [ARGS ...]]'
Run a subprocess (filter). ⇒Exec.
'fit'
Change window size to current display size. ⇒Window Size.
'flow [FSTATE]'
Set flow control behavior. ⇒Flow.
'focus [next|prev|up|down|left|right|top|bottom]'
Move focus to next region. ⇒Regions.
'focusminsize'
Force the current region to a certain size. ⇒Focusminsize.
'gr [STATE]'
Change GR charset processing. ⇒Character Processing.
'group [GROUPTITLE]'
Change or show the group the current window belongs to. ⇒
Window Groups.
'hardcopy [-h] [FILE]'
Write out the contents of the current window. ⇒Hardcopy.
'hardcopy_append STATE'
Append to hardcopy files. ⇒Hardcopy.
'hardcopydir DIRECTORY'
Place, where to dump hardcopy files. ⇒Hardcopy.
'hardstatus [STATE]'
Use the hardware status line. ⇒Hardware Status Line.
'height [LINES [COLS]]'
Set display height. ⇒Window Size.
'help [-c CLASS]'
Display current key bindings. ⇒Help.
'history'
Find previous command beginning .... ⇒History.
'hstatus STATUS'
Change the window's hardstatus line. ⇒Hardstatus.
'idle [TIMEOUT [CMD ARGS]]'
Define a screen saver command. ⇒Screen Saver.
'ignorecase [on|off]'
Ignore character case in searches. ⇒Searching.
'info'
Display window settings. ⇒Info.
'ins_reg [KEY]'
Removed, use 'paste' instead. ⇒Registers.
'kill'
Destroy the current window. ⇒Kill.
'lastmsg'
Redisplay the last message. ⇒Last Message.
'layout new [TITLE]'
Create a layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout remove [N|TITLE]'
Delete a layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout next'
Select the next layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout prev'
Select the previous layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout select [N|TITLE]'
Jump to a layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout show'
List the available layouts. ⇒Layout.
'layout title [TITLE]'
Show or set the title of a layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout number [N]'
Show or set the number of a layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout attach [TITLE|:last]'
Show or set which layout to reattach to. ⇒Layout.
'layout save [N|TITLE]'
Remember the organization of a layout. ⇒Layout.
'layout autosave [ON|OFF]'
Show or set the status of layout saving. ⇒Layout.
'layout dump [filename]'
Save the layout arrangement to a file. ⇒Layout.
'license'
Display licensing information. ⇒Startup.
'lockscreen'
Lock the controlling terminal. ⇒Lock.
'log [STATE]'
Log all output in the current window. ⇒Log.
'logfile FILENAME'
Place where to collect logfiles. ⇒Log.
'login [STATE]'
Log the window in '/run/utmp'. ⇒Login.
'logtstamp [STATE]'
Configure logfile time-stamps. ⇒Log.
'mapdefault'
Use only the default mapping table for the next keystroke. ⇒
Bindkey Control.
'mapnotnext'
Don't try to do keymapping on the next keystroke. ⇒Bindkey
Control.
'maptimeout N'
Set the inter-character timeout used for keymapping. ⇒Bindkey
Control.
'markkeys STRING'
Rebind keys in copy mode. ⇒Copy Mode Keys.
'maxwin N'
Set the maximum window number. ⇒Maxwin.
'meta'
Insert the command character. ⇒Command Character.
'monitor [STATE]'
Monitor activity in window. ⇒Monitor.
'mousetrack [ON|OFF]'
Enable selecting split regions with mouse clicks. ⇒
Mousetrack.
'msgminwait SEC'
Set minimum message wait. ⇒Message Wait.
'msgwait SEC'
Set default message wait. ⇒Message Wait.
'multiuser STATE'
Go into single or multi user mode. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'nethack STATE'
Use 'nethack'-like error messages. ⇒Nethack.
'next'
Switch to the next window. ⇒Selecting.
'nonblock [STATE|NUMSECS]'
Disable flow control to the current display. ⇒
Nonblock.|NUMSECS]
'number [N]'
Change/display the current window's number. ⇒Number.
'obuflimit [LIMIT]'
Select output buffer limit. ⇒Obuflimit.
'only'
Kill all other regions. ⇒Regions.
'other'
Switch to the window you were in last. ⇒Selecting.
'partial STATE'
Set window to partial refresh. ⇒Redisplay.
'password [CRYPTED_PW]'
Set reattach password. ⇒Detach.
'paste [SRC_REGS [DEST_REG]]'
Paste contents of paste buffer or registers somewhere. ⇒
Paste.
'pastefont [STATE]'
Include font information in the paste buffer. ⇒Paste.
'pow_break'
Close and Reopen the window's terminal. ⇒Break.
'pow_detach'
Detach and hang up. ⇒Power Detach.
'pow_detach_msg [MESSAGE]'
Set message displayed on 'pow_detach'. ⇒Power Detach.
'prev'
Switch to the previous window. ⇒Selecting.
'printcmd [CMD]'
Set a command for VT100 printer port emulation. ⇒Printcmd.
'process [KEY]'
Treat a register as input to 'screen'. ⇒Registers.
'quit'
Kill all windows and exit. ⇒Quit.
'readbuf [-e ENCODING] [FILENAME]'
Read the paste buffer from the screen-exchange file. ⇒Screen
Exchange.
'readreg [-e ENCODING] [REG [FILE]]'
Load a register from paste buffer or file. ⇒Registers.
'redisplay'
Redisplay the current window. ⇒Redisplay.
'register [-e ENCODING] KEY STRING'
Store a string to a register. ⇒Registers.
'remove'
Kill current region. ⇒Regions.
'removebuf'
Delete the screen-exchange file. ⇒Screen Exchange.
'rendition bell | monitor | silence | so ATTR [COLOR]'
Change text attributes in caption for flagged windows. ⇒
Rendition.
'reset'
Reset the terminal settings for the window. ⇒Reset.
'resize [(+/-)lines]'
Grow or shrink a region. ⇒Resize.
'screen [OPTS] [N] [CMD [ARGS] | //group]'
Create a new window. ⇒Screen Command.
'scrollback NUM'
Set size of scrollback buffer. ⇒Scrollback.
'select [N|-|.]'
Switch to a specified window. ⇒Selecting.
'sessionname [NAME]'
Name this session. ⇒Session Name.
'setenv [VAR [STRING]]'
Set an environment variable for new windows. ⇒Setenv.
'setsid STATE'
Controll process group creation for windows. ⇒Setsid.
'shell COMMAND'
Set the default program for new windows. ⇒Shell.
'shelltitle TITLE'
Set the default name for new windows. ⇒Shell.
'silence [STATE|SECONDS]'
Monitor a window for inactivity. ⇒Monitor.
'silencewait SECONDS'
Default timeout to trigger an inactivity notify. ⇒Monitor.
'sleep NUM'
Pause during startup. ⇒Startup.
'slowpaste MSEC'
Slow down pasting in windows. ⇒Paste.
'source FILE'
Run commands from a file. ⇒Source.
'sorendition [ATTR [COLOR]]'
Deprecated. Use 'rendition so' instead. ⇒Rendition.
'split'
Split region into two parts. ⇒Regions.
'startup_message STATE'
Display copyright notice on startup. ⇒Startup.
'stuff [STRING]'
Stuff a string in the input buffer of a window. ⇒Paste.
'su [USERNAME [PASSWORD [PASSWORD2]]]'
Identify a user. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'suspend'
Put session in background. ⇒Suspend.
'term TERM'
Set '$TERM' for new windows. ⇒Term.
'termcap TERM TERMINAL-TWEAKS [WINDOW-TWEAKS]'
Tweak termcap entries for best performance. ⇒Termcap
Syntax.
'terminfo TERM TERMINAL-TWEAKS [WINDOW-TWEAKS]'
Ditto, for terminfo systems. ⇒Termcap Syntax.
'termcapinfo TERM TERMINAL-TWEAKS [WINDOW-TWEAKS]'
Ditto, for both systems. ⇒Termcap Syntax.
'time [STRING]'
Display time and load average. ⇒Time.
'title [WINDOWTITLE]'
Set the name of the current window. ⇒Title Command.
'umask [USERS]+/-BITS ...'
Synonym to 'aclumask'. ⇒Umask.
'unbindall'
Unset all keybindings. ⇒Bind.
'unsetenv VAR'
Unset environment variable for new windows. ⇒Setenv.
'utf8 [STATE [DSTATE]]'
Select character encoding of the current window. ⇒Character
Processing.
'vbell [STATE]'
Use visual bell. ⇒Bell.
'vbell_msg [MESSAGE]'
Set vbell message. ⇒Bell.
'vbellwait SEC'
Set delay for vbell message. ⇒Bell.
'version'
Display 'screen' version. ⇒Version.
'wall MESSAGE'
Write a message to all displays. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'width [COLS [LINES]]'
Set the width of the window. ⇒Window Size.
'windowlist [[-b] [-m] [-g]] | string [STRING] | title [TITLE]'
Present a list of all windows for selection. ⇒Windowlist.
'windows'
List active windows. ⇒Windows.
'wrap [ on | off ]'
Control line-wrap behavior. ⇒Wrap.
'writebuf [-e ENCODING] [FILENAME]'
Write paste buffer to screen-exchange file. ⇒Screen
Exchange.
'writelock ON|OFF|AUTO'
Grant exclusive write permission. ⇒Multiuser Session.
'xoff'
Send an XOFF character. ⇒XON/XOFF.
'xon'
Send an XON character. ⇒XON/XOFF.
'zmodem [off|auto|catch|pass]'
Define how screen treats zmodem requests. ⇒Zmodem.
'zombie [KEYS [onerror] ]'
Keep dead windows. ⇒Zombie.
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