Linux screen Command

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 ] [ cmd [ args ] ]
screen -r [pid.tty.host]

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

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.