How to Setup and Use Linux screenrc
(base) ➜ ~ screen --version Screen version 4.01.00devel (GNU) 2-May-06
If you dont have screen, install using following command
On Ubuntu
sudo apt install screen
On Centos 8 and Rocky Linux
sudo dnf install epel-release
sudo dnf install screen -y
On Centos 7 and below
sudo yum install screen
Screen can be started with following command...
screen -S session_name
Above will start the screen session. Here are some of the basic commands to navigate in screen
To create new screen window
ctrl+a c (press ctrl+a together follow by key c)
To go to previous window
ctrl+a p (press ctrl+a together follow by key p)
To go to next window
ctrl+a n (press ctrl+a together follow by key n)
To detach from the screen session
ctrl +a d (press ctrl+a together follow by key d)
To see the list of screen sessions, type
screen -ls
To reconnect to the screen session
screen -r
To scroll up and down in screen rc
ctrl +a [ (press ctrl+a together follow by key a)
To search text in the screen window do following...
ctrl +a [ (press ctrl+a together follow by key a)
Now you can search by pressing forward slash /<text>