Questions tagged [gnu-screen]
GNU Screen is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles.
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How to prevent screen from terminating when command in window terminates
When running 'screen ls' the screen stops with the text [screen is terminating]. I would like screen to keep the session alive and reattach to it to see the output of ls.
Of course the real thing is ...
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Screen -X exec commands not working until manually attached
I have a batch script that starts a java server application inside of a screen. The command looks like this:
cd /dir/ && screen -A -m -d -S javascreen java -Xms640M -Xmx1024M -jar ...
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How do I use crontab to start a screen session?
I want to create a crontab entry so that it starts screen, starts a gameserver and detaches. This is for in case the server is rebooted and I want it to automatically start this for me.
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I have a perl script that is supposed to run indefinitely. It's being killed... how do I determine who or what kills it?
I run the perl script in screen (I can log in and check debug output). Nothing in the logic of the script should be capable of killing it quite this dead.
I'm one of only two people with access to ...
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Some keys not working under screen in vim
When using vim under screen, some keys are not working.
Namely, Pressing Alt-Left produces '3D'
and Alt-Right produces '3C'
Also, pressing Up/Down when scrolling list of files in Command-T plugin ...
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Is gnu screen or tmux more stable for keeping running on the server?
I want to keep a screen or tmux session running forever on a Ubuntu server, possibly for running a Clojure web server application so I can tap into the process via REPL at any time. Gnu screen or tmux ...
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Howto get exit code of a script started in screen session
I am currently creating a backup script which uses screen to start a backup job with rsync inside a screen session.
The backup jobs are started as follows.
screen -dmS backup /usr/bin/rsync ...
As ...
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VMware ESXi display guest screen instead of console
I'm using ESXi 4.1 for my virtualitzation platform, and I would like to display one of the guests screen to the host VGA output. Is this possible?
I want to do this because my host machine is plugged ...
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How to tell GNU screen to run .bash_profile in each new window?
When I open a new window in GNU screen, it runs .bashrc but not .bash_profile. In my setup, this results in some environment variables not being set up correctly in that window.
How can I tell GNU ...
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Screen windows dies
I am using screen with irssi, ssh to some servers. At the moment I have 4 windows "open" in my screen.
Two of those windows is "dead".
I can't write something in those, for example.
How do I "exit" ...
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Remote Desktop Connection Screen is totally black but server is working perfectly
Server is working perfectly but when I do RDC screen is only black. This happened before and I fixed it by powering off the server via KVM/IP, but I don't want do that again. How can I fix this issue.
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Configure GNU screen so that it stores command histories in files
I would like to configure GNU screen such that it stores the command histories of all the different windows in different files.
I know by default GNU screen does not store the command histories (of ...
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GNU Screen: opening each screen buffer in a separate terminal tab
I'm looking for a Linux terminal that is fully integrated with GNU Screen, i.e. mapping each screen buffer to a separate tab and with full scrollback support - all that inside a SSH session.
Is this ...
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in linux screen how do you turn off the status tab?
Is there a way in screen to turn off the status bar? Ideally, only display it when I have 2+ tabs open? What .screenrc entries would accomplish this?
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send interrupt to window in screen
How can I send a interrupt to a window within screen. I have screen running with several windows. Each of the windows have processes running within them. I wish to be able to send and interrupt to ...
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Does tmux have all the features that screen has? And those screen is missing?
I'm considering switching from screen to tmux, but I've invested lots of time developing an extensive .screenrc, and I don't want to find after many hours of porting it to tmux that tmux can't do ...
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When using vim with screen the keys ctrl + right and ctrl + left don't work
In the last days i became very addicted of using the combination terminator (in full screen) + screen + vim. But i'm having problems with the ctrl + right and ctrl + left key mappings, they are ...
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How can I go back in the (GNU) screen command history? (NOT shell command history!)
Currently, when I enter ^a : (control-A followed by ':') to send a command to GNU screen, I can go back one step in the history, and see exactly ONE previous command. This is really annoying, as I'm ...
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How to scroll back in screen within a ssh session from OS X? [closed]
I do the following:
Open Terminal.app
Open a ssh session to a remote Linux server
Open a screen session on the server
Start a program who breaks with many lines of error reporting…
How can I scroll ...
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Using screen to monitor non-interactive scripts (or some other solution)
I have some autonomous scripts that run commands on remote machines over ssh. These scripts rely on getting stdout, stderr, and the return code of each command run. I want to be able to monitor the ...
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Lock down a linux system with screen
I need to lock down a system so that a group of individuals can log into the server via ssh.
When they log into ssh I would like them to be presented with a screen session and locked down to that ...
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How to reload screenrc without restarting screen?
After modified screenrc, how to see the changes without restarting screen?
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How can I force GNU Screen to flush its logfile?
I am using Screen like this:
screen -L -dm -S session1 -c "./game_server -options"
to wrap around game servers. I log their output to a file and can send them input with:
screen -r session1 -p0 -X "...
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Centos start script for 'screen'?
I have a program that runs in the foreground so I run it via a 'screen'. Is there a good start/stop/restart template for 'screen'? I need it to pass the commands to the screen and create it if it ...
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How to get GNU screen to dynamically set gnome-terminal's title everytime I switch to different windows of a screen session?
Question title says it all.
I am not able to tell which window of my screen session I am in, to find that out I am having to view ^aw (window list) and look at the where the * is to tell which window ...
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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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Linux Screen; How do I make screen persistent with the -X command?
I'm running screen with the following command:
screen -dms -X buildscript.py
This executes the buildscript.py file and runs it as a daemon. Now, when the build script fails, screen automatically ...
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How to I use Vim's increment (Control-a) when in a screen session?
Is there a way to re-map Control-a in screen to Alt-a or something else, so I can use Control-A in Vim normally (increments the number under the cursor)?
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Is there a way to make a "Screen" session survive reboot?
I am using the Screen utility and would like to preserve the session when the machine reboots. If not possible may be you can recommend other alternatives to Screen that would allow to preserve the ...
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Prevent Screen from creating sub shells
I'm running a Linux system that starts a custom text mode application from the .bashrc. The users are getting disconnected due to network dropouts.
I had the idea that I'd use screen to allow them to ...
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GNU/Screen - Large UTMP file and memory usage
I'm running a Fedora 12 x86-64 OpenVZ VPS and screen is using lots of virtual memory (98000+). I've also noticed that the UTMP file grows enormous over time:
[root@demon~]$ date
Wed Sep 8 22:02:58 ...
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Can I send some text to the STDIN of an active process running in a screen session?
I have a long-running server process inside a screen session on my Linux server. It's a bit unstable (and sadly not my software so I can't fix that!), so I want to script a nightly restart of the ...
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Password for GNU screen lockscreen command?
I have set a password for screen sessions in my .screenrc. It works great, any time I need to re-attach to a screen session I need to enter the password. There is another feature where you can ...
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What are the benefits of using screen?
man screen:
Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical ter‐
minal between several processes (typically interactive shells). Each
virtual terminal provides the ...
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Screenrc Settings to get status of Remote Server
I frequently use ssh within screen to connect to a set of machines. It would be ideal to have the caption line show information about the server that I am ssh'd into (eg machinename, uptime and info ...
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screen / autossh question: easiest way to transparently integrate screen into my ssh?
I'm a bit new to screen and autossh:
I'm simply looking to "fully automate" my ssh sessions, make them implicitly persistent, and have them automatically restore should my connection drop.
I've ...
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Getting a custom .bashrc available in ssh session
Currently, we have quite a lot of shared ssh logins to various servers, and my colleagues wouldn't like it if I fiddled with the default shell to much. I do however have quite a list of aliases and ...
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screen not setting $TERM to screen
I have a problem with gnu screen.
Computer 1:
open terminal
$ printenv TERM
xterm-color
$ screen
$ printenv TERM
screen
Computer 2:
open terminal
$ printenv TERM
xterm-color
$ screen
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Is there a way to block screen's multi display mode (-x) completely?
I'd like to configure screen to only allow attaching to detached sessions and not to attached sessions, even if they're from the same user.
Is there a way to accomplish this? I couldn't find anything ...
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automatic ssh logout not working due to screen caption setting
I have set up an automatic logout for idle ssh session using "ClientAliveInterval 7200"
However I do not get logged out everyone else who uses the server gets logged fine.
I have tracked the ...
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Terminal Width issues with Linux Screen
I'm having issues where when I'm in a regular SSH terminal, with $TERM set to xterm-256color, and the terminal width is very small (narrow) in Linux Screen. I'm running Arch Linux. When I'm in the ...
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Run (GNU) Screen from script
I would like to launch some application inside screen session but from a script.
Without script I would just launch screen, then open N windows with crtl-a-c and execute programs in each windows.
I ...
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How to automate starting a multiuser screen session with adding acl to another user?
I often start a screen session, issue a ":multiuser on" command and then ":acladd someuser".
Is there some way to get with a single shell command a screen session to start with these two commands ...
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Is there a way to configure the 'logfile' directive when invoking GNU screen from the commandline?
I have been using gnu-screen's 'logfile' command to log my session histories when making production changes. I like to log each change in a different directory; this means that whenever I start a new ...
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Can I create and manipulate unix "screens" in a script?
I have a work environment on my Ubuntu laptop in which I want to use three different screens.
Eg. in terminal, I usually write
screen -S mywork
run_server_1
then, ctrl-a c to create a second ...
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.screenrc - multiple regions on launch
I know it's possible, but I can't for the life of me figure out how, to launch screen with one window in split region mode?
ie: I have screen set to open multiple windows on launch, but want window 0 ...
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screen -Amds screenname /patch/to/script.sh don't work only on debian
I have a problem with screen software, when I try to start screen with options screen -Amds screenname /patc/to/script.sh - nothing happens, it's a problem only on Debian system. On CentOS and FreeBSD ...
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Wrap current session in a screen session
I started an big operation, but I didn't start a screen session, So i can't disconnect without canceling the operation.
Is there a way to inject screen so that the operation continues and sends its ...
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Running screen without root
I recently updated screen on my server and for some reason when logged in as a normal user I can no longer create a screen session. If I run sudo screen it works.
It's probably a permissions error ...
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How to kill all screens that has been up longer then 3 weeks?
Im creating a script that i am executing every night at 03.00 that will kill all screens that has been running longer than 3 weeks.
anyone done anything similar that can help? If you got a script or ...
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