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What is screen command in Linux?
Linux Screen Command is a very useful command that offers the ability to use multiple shell windows (sessions) from a single SSH session. When the session is detached or there is a network disruption, the process that is started in a screen session will still run and you can re-attach to the screen session at any time.
How do I get to the screen in Linux?
Below are the most basic steps for getting started with screen:
- On the command prompt, type screen .
- Run the desired program.
- Use the key sequence Ctrl-a + Ctrl-d to detach from the screen session.
- Reattach to the screen session by typing screen -r .
