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All screen commands are prefixed by an escape key, by default Ctrl-a (that's Control-a, sometimes written ^a). To send a literal Ctrl-a to the programs in screen, use Ctrl-a a. This is useful when when working with screen within screen. For example Ctrl-a a n will move screen to a new window on the screen within screen.
Getting Out
Description
Command
detach
Ctrl-a d
detach and logout (quick exit)
Ctrl-a D D
exit screen
Ctrl-a : quit or exit all of the programs in screen.
force-exit screen
Ctrl-a C-\ (not recommended)
Help
Description
Command
See help
Ctrl-a ? (Lists keybindings)
Window Management
Description
Command
Create new window
Ctrl-a c
Change to last-visited active window
Ctrl-a Ctrl-a (commonly used to flip-flop between two windows)
Change to window by number
Ctrl-a <number> (only for windows 0 to 9)
Change to window by number or name
Ctrl-a ' <number or title>
Change to next window in list
Ctrl-a n or Ctrl-a <space>
Change to previous window in list
Ctrl-a p or Ctrl-a <backspace>
See window list
Ctrl-a " (allows you to select a window to change to)
Show window bar
Ctrl-a w (if you don't have window bar)
Kill current window
Ctrl-a k (not recommended)
Kill all windows
Ctrl-a \ (not recommended)
Rename current window
Ctrl-a A
Split screen
Description
Command
Split display horizontally
Ctrl-a S
Split display vertically
`Ctrl-a
Jump to next display region
Ctrl-a tab
Remove current region
Ctrl-a X
Remove all regions but the current one
Ctrl-a Q
Misc
Description
Command
Redraw window
Ctrl-a C-l
Enter copy mode
Ctrl-a [ or Ctrl-a <esc> (also used for viewing scrollback buffer)
Paste
Ctrl-a ]
Monitor window for activity
Ctrl-a M
Monitor window for silence
Ctrl-a _
Enter digraph (for producing non-ASCII characters)