# Screen Commands ### In normal terminal

Command	Description
`screen -S <sessionname>`	Start a new screen session with a given name and attach to it.
`screen -ls`	Lists all existing screen sessions.
`screen -r`	Reattach this terminal to the only existing screen session.
`screen -r -S <sessionname>`	Reattach this terminal to an existing screen session by name.
`screen -S <oldname> -X <newname>`	Rename a screen session.
`screen -S <sessionname> -X quit`	Kill the specified screen session by executing quit.

### Within a screen session Prepend every command with `ctrl` + `A`

Command	Description
`Ctrl`+`A` - `?`	Show help
`Ctrl`+`A` - `d`	Detach the current screen session from this terminal. The screen session and its processes remain in existence.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `c`	Create a new window and switch to it.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `k` (y)	Kill the current window.

`Ctrl`+`A` - `p`	Go to the previous screen.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `n`	Go to the next screen.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `<number>`	Go to a specific screen number.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `"`	Go to the screen selection page. Select a screen from the list using the arrow keys.

`Ctrl`+`A` - `S`	Split the current window in half horizontally.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `\|`	Split the current window in half vertically.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `Tab`	Cycle through window regions.
`Ctrl`+`A` - `X`	Eliminate a window split.

See if you are inside a screen ```bash echo $TERM ``` normal ssh session: ```bash $ echo $TERM xterm-256color ``` inside screen: ```bash $ echo $TERM screen.xterm-256color ``` scrolling in screen: `Ctrl`+`A` - `[` Press `ESC` to resume normal operation enable normal scrolling: {% embed url="" %}