screen allows a user connected to the server using a serial line and a vt100-type terminal to create multiple windows. Control keys allow the user to switch between windows. A maximum of ten windows can be created within "screen". Some of the control sequences are:
C-a c, or C-a C-c Create a new window, and switch to that window. C-a k, or C-a C-k Kill current window, switch to previous window. C-a w, or C-a C-w Display list of all windows. C-a C-i Kill all windows and terminate screen. C-a C-a Switch to previously displayed screen. C-a P Switch to window number P. C-a space Switch to next window (cycles through windows).
C-a really mean: Control-a.
When screen is first invoked, it reads customization instructions from file $HOME
.screenrc.
This file is used to customize the screen session.
Figure 14.3 illustrates all commands possible within screen version 3:
