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GNU Screen is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles.

GNU Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.

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screen: how do I move a window in between 2 other windows

In screen is there a way to put a window in between 2 others instead of swapping? Here is what I have 1 - I want this to become #2 2 - I want this to become #3 3 - I want this to become #1 If I go to screen #3 and enter the command ":number 1", the…
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screen in screen, detach only last one

I have strange issue on my hands. I have opened (GNU) screen for one serial console and in that same console I have opened another screen to another serial console. It was working but I am now unable to detach the last one without detaching the 1st…
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Remote synchronous-then-asynchronous execution with SSH

TL;DR I want to remotely execute a script that begins synchronously (so that the local ssh command fails if the preparatory commands fail) and then goes asynchronous, thus terminating the local ssh command. Details I have a script on a remote server…
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stdout to gnu screen copy buffer

Is there a command in GNU Screen to direct standard output to the copy buffer I've been doing alot of work with files, it's great to copy and past the filenames I want into commands e.g. ls | grep proc $ ls | grep cal calendar.inc-gen.php // enter…
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Screen - No more PTYs - Cannot start screen's on Debian VPS

I've gotten a newly imaged Debian 6 32 bit VPS. While configuring I tried to test screen as a number of my scripts run using it. Root has no problem running screen. But of course this is unacceptable. The message I received is "No more PTY's. Sorry…
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Multiple screen sessions with different layouts: is it possible?

The title pretty much says it all, but here is a short additional example: What I'd like: Multiple screen windows Multiple "contexts": for example a "resources" context, a "compiling" context, etc. Each context can have it's own subset of open…
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disabling specific byobu/screen keybindings that conflict with vim keybindings

ctrl + a under byobu has either emacs mode or screen mode. However, I need keybindings like ctrl + a for vim's "increment value" method. How would I prevent byobu/screen from blocking certain keyboard shortcuts? Note: I get that the function…
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customizing terminal ssh shell

The other day I saw someone connected to an ssh shell with status bars on the bottom (Mac OS X Terminal) of the terminal. It has things such as upload rate, memory usage, time, current username, and some other stuff. I'd like to know how I can…
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ulimit permissions are hard set directly from a screen instance. How can this be fixed?

At best I can describe this issue with a shell session: This shows that ulimit works fine. This is the start of a normal ssh session: $>ulimit -c 0 (ushanka:973:0) ~ $>ulimit -c unlimited (ushanka:974:0) ~ $>screen -t question <-- see next…
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How to prevent GNU screen from expanding tabs into spaces?

Using a normal bash prompt echo -e 'hello\tworld' produces a real tab. However the same command run within GNU screen puts spaces between the two words. I have tested this on Ubuntu 10.04 with Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06 and RHEL 5.5…
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Configure GNU screen so that it stores command histories in files

I would like to configure GNU screen such that it stores the command histories of all the different windows in different files. I know by default GNU screen does not store the command histories (of its different windows) in a file at all (it stores…
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in linux screen how do you turn off the status tab?

Is there a way in screen to turn off the status bar? Ideally, only display it when I have 2+ tabs open? What .screenrc entries would accomplish this?
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Is is possible to reattach a telnet connection?

Our network involves a series of dumb text terminals which telnet into a SCO OpenServer 6 server. Occasionally, one of these terminals will crash, forcing the operator to move to a different terminal until the broken terminal is either repaired or…
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How to get GNU screen to dynamically set gnome-terminal's title everytime I switch to different windows of a screen session?

Question title says it all. I am not able to tell which window of my screen session I am in, to find that out I am having to view ^aw (window list) and look at the where the * is to tell which window I am in. WOuld be nice if gnome terminal's title…
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Terminal Width issues with Linux Screen

I'm having issues where when I'm in a regular SSH terminal, with $TERM set to xterm-256color, and the terminal width is very small (narrow) in Linux Screen. I'm running Arch Linux. When I'm in the default SSH terminal (detached from a screen…
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