Screen

Basics

• ctrl+a c - new window

• ctrl+a n - next window

• ctrl+a p - previous window

• ctrl+a a - last window

• ctrl+a <nr> - switch to window <nr>

• ctrl+a A - rename window

• ctrl+a k - kill window

Splitting

• ctrl+a S - split window

• ctrl+a tab - switch between splittet screens

• ctrl+a X - close window

Detatching

• ctrl+a d - detach screen -r # attach

• ctrl+a x - lock screen

Copy & paste

• ctrl+a esc - get into copy mode

• space - set marker begin / end

• W - mark whole word

• Y - mark whole line

• ctrl+a ] - paste

Searching

• ctrl+a esc - get into copy mode

• ctrl+r - search backward

• ctrl+s - search forward

Example .screenrc

startup_message off
vbell on
autodetach on
defscrollback 10000

bindkey -m ' ' eval 'msgwait 0' 'stuff \040' writebuf 'exec !!! xclip /tmp/screen-exchange' 'msgwait 2'
bindkey -m Y eval 'msgwait 0' 'stuff Y' writebuf 'exec !!! xclip /tmp/screen-exchange' 'msgwait 2'
bindkey -m W eval 'msgwait 0' 'stuff W' writebuf 'exec !!! xclip /tmp/screen-exchange' 'msgwait 2'

bind r eval 'echo "Resize window"' 'command -c resize'""
bind -c resize "+" eval 'resize +1' 'command -c resize'
bind -c resize "-" eval 'resize -1' 'command -c resize'

caption always  "%{=b kw} $LOGNAME@%H %c %D %d/%m/%Y %{=b kr}|%{-} %l %u %{=b kr}|%{-} %-Lw%{=b kr} %50>%n%f*%t %{-}%+Lw%<"