screen command on linux

To install screen on linux
For centos/RHEL base system

sudo yum install screen -y

For ubuntu base system

sudo apt-get install screen -y

screen command useful for wget,ryncs not lose session, when you detach it.

For example, create the screen with title

$ screen -t 'zimbra' ssh [email protected]

pressing "ctrl+a" n: next the screen (switch between screen)
pressing "ctrl+a" p: previous the screen (switch between screen)
pressing "ctrl+a" x : lock the screen
pressing "ctrl+a" k: kill the screen
pressing ctrl+a d : deattach

To list the screen

[huupv@huupv ~]$ screen -ls
There is a screen on:
    31083.pts-0.huupv    (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-huupv.

To resume the screen

screen -r 31083

How to deattached screen with Attached status

[huupv@localhost]$ screen -ls

The output

There is a screen on: 20655.pts-4.ra3 (Attached)1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-huupv.

[huupv@localhost]$ screen -r -d 20655.pts-4.ra3

Error:
"E437: terminal capability "cm" required"
Solve problem
export TERM=xterm
echo $TERM

Thanks for reading screen command on linux My blog Effortless Zimbra Mail Management: Unleashing the Power of Linux Commands, How-To, and Bash Scripts I hope this is useful.

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