Using Terminal Screen Command

This is a simple one. For some reason, every time I use the screen command in terminal, I forget the commands.

There are probably lots of cool reasons to use screen but I use it to run a script over a longish period. The advantage of screen is I can start the script in the screen instance and detach from it. I can close my laptop and return later to my terminal, open my screen and check the progress of the script. Also, you can run multiple instances of a script as each screen has its own process.

So the basic commands I use and tend to forget are… Continue reading “Using Terminal Screen Command”