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Configuration files for Screen.

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.screenrc and logging in to multiple remote servers

I'm looking for a way to login into multiple remote servers using SSH on multiple tabs while using screen. Now I have set multiple tabs when running my screen and bash on each of it and I have to manually connect to each remote server using SSH and…
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Bash rename screen tab on ssh

I am using multiple tabs with "screen" in bash and I have setup the following to rename the tab to the target hostname if I ssh in that tab: $HOME/.ssh_hostname #!/bin/sh echo -ne "\033k$1\033\\" $HOME/.ssh/config PermitLocalCommand…
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Name screen session log using session name

I'm using this very simple .screenrc: logtstamp on logfile /tmp/screenlog-%S.log I tried launching screens with these two methods: screen -L -S testing screen -S tester -L but the filename used is /tmp/screenlog.0S.log. What am I doing wrong?…
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screenrc - blinking hardstatus from hell

I copied a few lines from somewhere into my .screenrc to give me an informative hardstatus line: # An alternative hardstatus to display a bar at the bottom listing the # windownames and highlighting the current windowname in blue. (This is only #…
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Mac OS X (latest version) - cant find .screenrc

very simple question: I'm using latest version of Mac OS and want to modify my .screenrc file... can't find the file. I have made invisible files visible via Finder and I have also searched for it via the command line. I have searched for it via…
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Configure a screen session to behave exactly like an xterm terminal

I want to be able to configure a screen session through screenrc or within a session to behave just like an xterm terminal. Currently I have a c# app that uses ssh.net libraries to ssh to a Linux box from a windows machine where I attach to a…
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How to use tabs with vim in the Linux "screen" program?

When I use the Linux screen program, pressing the tab key will move between multiple screen windows. But when I want to press Tab to add blank space in a file using vim, it is useless, and will move to another screen. How can I use Tab with vim in…
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vi editor is overwriting the console commands history

When using the linux screen, vi editor overwrites all console information. I expect vi to open the file as a separate window and on exit, it has to return back to console. My .screenrc is, ################ # # default windows # screen -t screen1…
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how to set -A flag in screenrc

The screen man says ‘-A’ Adapt the sizes of all windows to the size of the display. By default, screen may try to restore its old window sizes when attaching to resizable terminals (those with ‘WS’ in their descriptions, e.g. suncmd or…
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Shell command in screenrc

I'm trying to improve my screen software, so I'll have a lot of questions because there are many answers that I have difficulty to find on internet... Anyway, this one is about a shell command that I would like screen to execute when opening, and it…
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