screen (GNU Screen) is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.

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Screen session only limited to 8?

I have a shell script as following #!/bin/sh screen -d -m -S script1 /usr/bin/ruby script1.rb; true screen -d -m -S script2 /usr/bin/ruby script2.rb; true screen -d -m -S script3 /usr/bin/ruby ...
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Is there a way to watch all screens output in a single place?

having about 12 screens running long processes, I am willing to check out the state from time to time. I would like to "tail -f " them all in a single console window so I don't have to switch between ...
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How/What RC level to use to start a screen with Display attached.

Some times, after a reboot, some of my apps that have a GUI close. These apps provide web interface as well, but only if their gui potion is open. If the unit is physically available to me, I can ...
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Creating a backup script involving screens and java?

Hi guys I use centOS 64bit 5.7 and I need to create a backup script What I want it to do: screen -r example command into java pause for x amount of seconds exit screen zip/rar a folder which and ...
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Start a screen through svcadm with Solaris 11

I am running into a problem when trying to start a detached screen through a Solaris 11 service. This service controls nginx. When I reboot the system, the screen doesn't start, but if I issue ...
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run several bash scripts with expect code and leave them running

I have a bunch of several bash scripts that will perform some actions that require user input, therefore I'm using expect with it. However, I need one to keep running. But if I use expect, the expect ...
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embedded linux serial terminal

I have built a custom embedded system using debian 6.0. using /etc/inittab i have made several (8) processes running on different /dev/ttyX terminals, which i can switch between using Alt+FX key ...
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Destroy a dead window in Screen

I know I can kill the current window using C-k, however it doesn't work for a dead window. Is there anyway to kill it? Thank you. C-a C-k (kill) Destroy current window.
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screen, expect and scripted detached interaction

Trying to write a bash script which will open a screen, start a python application, and interact with the python interaction as required when it is first started. If not possible in screen, I would ...
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why i cannot run screen command on openshift?

i am using redhat openshift, and find some problems now: a) why default screen can not support path which contains too much characters [xxname-xxname.rhcloud.com ~]\> which screen /usr/bin/screen ...
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Discerning which GNU screen window is being used in a shell script

Using a shell script, how can you tell if a screen is running using shell scripts? For example, using pseudocode: IF (screen.screenname.running == TRUE) or something like that.
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Starting/Stopping Custom PHP Chat Server Linux Service (CentOS)

I have been trying all night to get this service working properly. I created this script from a template and am very new to bash coding. I wrote a fully functioning chat server in php which runs ...
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Possible to run commands in a screen through cron jobs?

I currently have an application running in a screen. I would like to run some commands in the screen through a cron job but would like to know if this is possible. Using CentOS
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Problems running screen without root permissions

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on a VPS and have problems running screen for non root users. Screen is working fine with root though. When I run it as root and hit "tty" I receive the following output: ...
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Synergy: Inputs are not moving to another screen

I have configured Synergy to work with two Windows Server 208 R2 machines. Unfortunately, it was working well but suddently it has stopped working. I have reinstalled synergy but did not help. Both ...
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SBS 2008 Dead Screen and Remote Desktop

We have an SBS 2008 server which has recently started behaving badly. At first we thought it was a memory issue, but we've since stopped all SharePoint services and we're left with Exchange and SQL on ...