Screen



Shortcut	Command	Description

C-a '	select	Prompt for a window name or number to switch to.
C-a ”	windowlist -b	Present a list of all windows for selection.
C-a 0 .. 9	select 0 .. 9	Switch to window number 0 … 9
C-a -	select -	Switch to the blank window.
C-a [TAB]	focus	Switch the input focus to the next region.
C-a C-a	other	Toggle to the window displayed previously.
C-a a	meta	Send the command character (C-a) to window.
C-a A	title	Allow the user to enter a name for the current window.
C-a b	break	Send a break to window.
C-a C-b	“ “	“ “
C-a B	pow_break	Reopen the terminal line and send a break.
C-a c	screen	Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window.
C-a C-c	“ “	“ “
C-a C	clear	Clear the screen.
C-a d	detach	Detach screen from this terminal.
C-a C-d	“ “	“ “
C-a D D	pow_detach	Detach and logout.
C-a f	flow	Toggle flow on, off or auto.
C-a C-f	“ “	“ “
C-a F	fit	Resize the window to the current region size.
C-a C-g	vbell	Toggles screen's visual bell mode.
C-a h	hardcopy	Write a hardcopy of the current window to the file “hardcopy.n”.
C-a H	log	Begins/ends logging of the current window to the file “screenlog.n”.
C-a i	info	Show info about this window.
C-a C-i	“ “	“ “
C-a k	kill	Destroy current window.
C-a C-k	“ “	“ “
C-a l	redisplay	Fully refresh current window.
C-a C-l	“ “	“ “
C-a L	login	Toggle this windows login slot.
		Available only if screen is configured
		to update the utmp database.
C-a m	lastmsg	Repeat the last message displayed in
C-a C-m		the message line.
C-a M	monitor	Toggles monitoring of the current win.
C-a [space]	next	Switch to the next window.
C-a n
C-a C-n
C-a N	number	Show the number (and title) of the
		current window.
C-a [backsp]	prev	Switch to the previous window
C-a h		opposite of C-a n.
C-a p
C-a C-p
C-a q	xon	Send a control-q to the current win.
C-a C-q

C-a Q	only	Delete all regions but the current one.
C-a r	wrap	Toggle the current window's line-wrap
C-a C-r		setting (turn the current window's
		automatic margins on and off).
C-a s	xoff	Send a control-s to the current window.
C-a C-s
C-a S	split	Split the current region into two new
		ones.
C-a t	time	Show system information.
C-a C-t
C-a v	version	Display the version and compilation
		date.
C-a C-v	digraph	Enter digraph.
C-a w	windows	Show a list of window.
C-a C-w
C-a W	width	Toggle 80/132 columns.
C-a x	lockscreen	Lock this terminal.
C-a C-x
C-a X	remove	Kill the current region.
C-a z	suspend	Suspend screen. Your system must
C-a C-z		support BSD-style job-control.
C-a Z	reset	Reset the virtual terminal to its
		“power-on” values.
C-a .	dumptermcap	Write out a ”.termcap” file.
C-a ?	help	Show key bindings.
C-a C-\	quit	Kill all windows and terminate screen.
C-a :	colon	Enter command line mode.
C-a [	copy	Enter copy/scrollback mode.
C-a C-[
C-a [ESC]
C-a ]	paste .	Write the contents of the paste buffer
		to the stdin queue of the current win.
C-a {	history	Copy and paste a previous (command)
C-a }		line.
C-a >	writebuf	Write paste buffer to a file.
C-a <	readbuf	Reads the screen-exchange file into
		the paste buffer.
C-a =	removebuf	Removes the file used by C-a < and
		C-a >
C-a ,	license	Shows where screen comes from, where
		it went to and why you can use it.
C-a _	silence	Start/stop monitoring the current
		window for inactivity.
C-a *	displays	Show a listing of all currently
		attached displays.