Linux screen Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use screen commmand in Linux. screen is a screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

What is Linux screen Command?  

In this tutorial we learn how to use screen command in Linux. screen is a screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

How to Install Screen  

Install Screen on Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian  

sudo apt-get install screen

sudo apt install screen

Install Screen on Fedora / RHEL / CentOS  

yum install screen 

To use dnf

dnf install screen 

Install Screen on Alpine  

apk add screen 

Install Screen on Arch Linux  

pacman -S screen 

Install Screen on Windows (WSL2)  

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install screen 

Install Screen on MacOS  

brew install screen

screen Syntax  

screen <options>

Basic screen commands  

Screen command help and manual pages  

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of screen command.

screen command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for screen command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man screen

To open info page for screen command we can use command below.

info screen

To open help page from screen command we can run command below.

screen --help

Linux screen Command Source Code  

You can find screen command source code from the folowing repositories:

Related Linux Commands  

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary  

In this tutorial we learn how to use screen in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.