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Commonly used screen commands in linux for a data scientist (who is not a linux expert)
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  1. Install screen
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install screen
  1. Check the version
screen --version
  1. start a screen session
screen

  1. create a screen window using ctrl + a + c, view all the windows using ctrl + a + ". Detach the screen session via ctrl + a + d. kill the window using ctrl + a + k.

  2. Check the available screen sessions by screen -ls or return to the screen using screen -r [####], where [####] is the number leading the screen sessions available.

  3. Kill all window sessions:

pkill screen
  1. Check the memory use:
free -m
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