Screen cheat sheet

Basics:

-ctrl a c           -> create new window
-ctrl a A           -> set window name
-ctrl a w           -> show all window
-ctrl a 1|2|3|…   -> switch to window n
-ctrl a "           -> choose window
-ctrl a ctrl a      -> switch between window
-ctrl a d           -> detach window
-ctrl a ?           -> help
-ctrl a [           -> start copy, move cursor to the copy location, press ENTER, select the chars, press ENTER to copy the selected characters to the buffer
-ctrl a ]           -> paste from buffer

How to start screen:

-screen -DR            -> list of detached screen
-screen -r PID         -> attach detached screen session
-screen -dmS MySession -> start a detached screen session
-screen -r MySession   -> attach screen session with name MySession

Advanced:

-ctrl a S       -> create split screen
-ctrl a TAB     -> switch between split screens

If you created a new split screen, the current window is empty. either select an existing window (ctrl a ") or create a new split screen (ctrl a n).

-ctrl a Q       -> Kill all regions but the current one.
-ctrl a X       -> remove active window from split screen
-ctrl a O       -> logout active window (disable output)
-ctrl a I       -> login active window (enable output)