screen
in a terminal. Press Enter after reading the introductory text.
Virtual terminals in Screen can be manipulated by pressing the Ctrl+A key combination, and subsequently pressing a key to execute one of the commands given below:
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c creates a new virtual console
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n switches to the next available virtual console
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p switches back to the previous virtual console
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" lists all available virtual consoles and their assigned numbers
- hitting a number key brings the corresponding virtual console to the foreground
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Esc lets you scroll back and forth in your terminal output
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d detatches the current screen sessions and brings you back to the normal terminal
When a Screen session is detached, the processes that were running inside it aren't stopped. You can re-attach a detached session by typing
screen -r
