I hadn’t used screen much in the past but I see that it is a very handy tool. I just would like to add some tips about screen command.
| Ctrl-a c : creates a new screen shell Ctrl-a TAB: switches focues between upper and lower split terminal Ctrl-a “ : Display a list of managed windows. (This is the most I like:) |
It is very useful to use the option “-t” in screen as it allows you to mark your instances. If you run a new screen sheel with the command;
| screen -t /var/log/local6 1 tail -f /var/log/local6 |
Then when you run Ctrl-a “ to list the windows, you will recognize your tailing window with the title “/var/log/local6″
This is a very short article about screen. I hope on the way I use this tool, I may improve this it.