how to launch screen and then execute a command inside this screen?

Question

When I type in:

screen -S game;ls;

However the 'ls' command is executed outside the screen.

How can I start the 'game' screen and execute the ls command inside the screen ?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 16 '18 at 10:48

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screen [ -options ] [ cmd [ args ] ]

example: screen -S game ls

edited Jul 16 '18 at 10:48

Vadim Kotov

answered Aug 04 '15 at 09:02

vscoder

problem is : that solution start screen, execute ls and close the screen. Any idea on how not to close the screen, but ONLY detach it ? – yarek Aug 04 '15 at 12:20
-d -m Start screen in "detached" mode. This creates a new session but doesn't attach to it. This is useful for system startup scripts. – vscoder Aug 04 '15 at 12:36
example: `screen -S test -d -m cat /dev/urandom` – vscoder Aug 04 '15 at 12:37
screen session will exists until `cat /dev/urandom` not terminated – vscoder Aug 04 '15 at 12:38

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