5.2 Command Summary

acladd usernames

Allow other users in this session. See section Multiuser Session.

aclchg usernames permbits list

Change a user's permissions. See section Multiuser Session.

acldel username

Disallow other user in this session. See section Multiuser Session.

aclgrp usrname [groupname]

Inherit permissions granted to a group leader. See section Multiuser Session.

aclumask [users]+/-bits ...

Predefine access to new windows. See section aclumask.

activity message

Set the activity notification message. See section Monitoring.

addacl usernames

Synonym to acladd. See section Multiuser Session.

allpartial state

Set all windows to partial refresh. See section Redisplay.

altscreen state

Enables support for the "alternate screen" terminal capability. See section Redisplay.

at [ident][#|*|%] command [args]

Execute a command at other displays or windows. See section At.

attrcolor attrib [attribute/color-modifier]

Map attributes to colors. See section Attrcolor.

autodetach state

Automatically detach the session on SIGHUP. See section Detach.

autonuke state

Enable a clear screen to discard unwritten output. See section Autonuke.

backtick id lifespan autorefresh command [args]

Define a command for the backtick string escape. See section Backtick.

bce [state]

Change background color erase. See section Character Processing.

bell_msg [message]

Set the bell notification message. See section Bell.

bind [-c class] key [command [args]]

Bind a command to a key. See section The bind command.

bindkey [opts] [string [cmd args]]

Bind a string to a series of keystrokes. See section Bindkey.

blanker

Blank the screen. See section Screen Saver.

blankerprg

Define a blanker program. See section Screen Saver.

break [duration]

Send a break signal to the current window. See section Break.

breaktype [tcsendbreak | TCSBRK | TIOCSBRK]

Specify how to generate breaks. See section Break.

bufferfile [exchange-file]

Select a file for screen-exchange. See section Screen Exchange.

c1 [state]

Change c1 code processing. See section Character Processing.

caption mode [string]

Change caption mode and string. See section Regions.

chacl usernames permbits list

Synonym to aclchg. See section Multiuser Session.

charset set

Change character set slot designation. See section Character Processing.

chdir [directory]

Change the current directory for future windows. See section Chdir.

clear

Clear the window screen. See section Clear.

colon

Enter a screen command. See section Colon.

command [-c class]

Simulate the screen escape key. See section Command Character.

compacthist [state]

Selects compaction of trailing empty lines. See section Scrollback.

console [state]

Grab or ungrab console output. See section Console.

copy

Enter copy mode. See section Copying.

copy_reg [key]

Removed. Use paste instead. See section Registers.

crlf state

Select line break behavior for copying. See section CR/LF.

debug state

Suppress/allow debugging output. See section Debug.

defautonuke state

Select default autonuke behavior. See section Autonuke.

defbce state

Select background color erase. See section Character Processing.

defbreaktype [tcsendbreak | TCSBRK | TIOCSBRK]

Specify the default for generating breaks. See section Break.

defc1 state

Select default c1 processing behavior. See section Character Processing.

defcharset [set]

Change defaul character set slot designation. See section Character Processing.

defencoding enc

Select default window encoding. See section Character Processing.

defescape xy

Set the default command and meta characters. See section Command Character.

defflow fstate

Select default flow control behavior. See section Flow.

defgr state

Select default GR processing behavior. See section Character Processing.

defhstatus [status]

Select default window hardstatus line. See section Hardstatus.

deflog state

Select default window logging behavior. See section log.

deflogin state

Select default utmp logging behavior. See section Login.

defmode mode

Select default file mode for ptys. See section Mode.

defmonitor state

Select default activity monitoring behavior. See section Monitoring.

defnonblock state|numsecs

Select default nonblock mode. See section Nonblock.

defobuflimit limit

Select default output buffer limit. See section Obuflimit.

defscrollback num

Set default lines of scrollback. See section Scrollback.

defshell command

Set the default program for new windows. See section Shell.

defsilence state

Select default idle monitoring behavior. See section Silence.

defslowpaste msec

Select the default inter-character timeout when pasting. See section Paste.

defutf8 state

Select default character encoding. See section Character Processing.

defwrap state

Set default line-wrapping behavior. See section Wrap.

defwritelock on|off|auto

Set default writelock behavior. See section Multiuser Session.

defzombie [keys]

Keep dead windows. See section Zombie.

detach [-h]

Disconnect screen from the terminal. See section Detach.

digraph

Enter digraph sequence. See section Digraph.

dinfo

Display terminal information. See section Info.

displays

List currently active user interfaces. See section Displays.

dumptermcap

Write the window's termcap entry to a file. See section Write out the window's termcap entry.

echo [-n] message

Display a message on startup. See section Startup.

encoding enc [denc]

Set the encoding of a window. See section Character Processing.

escape xy

Set the command and meta characters. See section Command Character.

eval command1 [command2 ...]

Parse and execute each argument. See section Eval.

exec [[fdpat] command [args ...]]

Run a subprocess (filter). See section Exec.

fit

Change window size to current display size. See section Window Size.

flow [fstate]

Set flow control behavior. See section Flow.

focus

Move focus to next region. See section Regions.

gr [state]

Change GR charset processing. See section Character Processing.

hardcopy [-h] [file]

Write out the contents of the current window. See section hardcopy.

hardcopy_append state

Append to hardcopy files. See section hardcopy.

hardcopydir directory

Place, where to dump hardcopy files. See section hardcopy.

hardstatus [state]

Use the hardware status line. See section Hardware Status Line.

height [lines [cols]]

Set display height. See section Window Size.

help [-c class]

Display current key bindings. See section Help.

history

Find previous command beginning …. See section History.

hstatus status

Change the window's hardstatus line. See section Hardstatus.

idle [timeout [cmd args]]

Define a screen saver command. See section Screen Saver.

ignorecase [state]

Ignore character case in searches. See section Searching.

info

Display window settings. See section Info.

ins_reg [key]

Removed, use paste instead. See section Registers.

kill

Destroy the current window. See section Kill.

lastmsg

Redisplay the last message. See section Display Last Message.

license

Display licensing information. See section Startup.

lockscreen

Lock the controlling terminal. See section Lock.

log [state]

Log all output in the current window. See section log.

logfile filename

Place where to collect logfiles. See section log.

login [state]

Log the window in `/etc/utmp'. See section Login.

logtstamp [state]

Configure logfile time-stamps. See section log.

mapdefault

Use only the default mapping table for the next keystroke. See section Bindkey Control.

mapnotnext

Don't try to do keymapping on the next keystroke. See section Bindkey Control.

maptimeout timo

Set the inter-character timeout used for keymapping. See section Bindkey Control.

markkeys string

Rebind keys in copy mode. See section markkeys.

maxwin n

Set the maximum window number. See section Maxwin.

meta

Insert the command character. See section Command Character.

monitor [state]

Monitor activity in window. See section Monitoring.

msgminwait sec

Set minimum message wait. See section Message Wait.

msgwait sec

Set default message wait. See section Message Wait.

multiuser state

Go into single or multi user mode. See section Multiuser Session.

nethack state

Use nethack-like error messages. See section Nethack.

next

Switch to the next window. See section Selecting a Window.

nonblock [state|numsecs]

Disable flow control to the current display. See section Nonblock.|numsecs]

number [n]

Change/display the current window's number. See section Number.

obuflimit [limit]

Select output buffer limit. See section Obuflimit.

only

Kill all other regions. See section Regions.

other

Switch to the window you were in last. See section Selecting a Window.

partial state

Set window to partial refresh. See section Redisplay.

password [crypted_pw]

Set reattach password. See section Detach.

paste [src_regs [dest_reg]]

Paste contents of paste buffer or registers somewhere. See section Paste.

pastefont [state]

Include font information in the paste buffer. See section Paste.

pow_break

Close and Reopen the window's terminal. See section Break.

pow_detach

Detach and hang up. See section Power Detach.

pow_detach_msg [message]

Set message displayed on pow_detach. See section Power Detach.

prev

Switch to the previous window. See section Selecting a Window.

printcmd [cmd]

Set a command for VT100 printer port emulation. See section Printcmd.

process [key]

Treat a register as input to screen. See section Registers.

quit

Kill all windows and exit. See section Quit.

readbuf [-e encoding] [filename]

Read the paste buffer from the screen-exchange file. See section Screen Exchange.

readreg [-e encoding] [reg [file]]

Load a register from paste buffer or file. See section Registers.

redisplay

Redisplay the current window. See section Redisplay.

register [-e encoding] key string

Store a string to a register. See section Registers.

remove

Kill current region. See section Regions.

removebuf

Delete the screen-exchange file. See section Screen Exchange.

reset

Reset the terminal settings for the window. See section Reset.

resize [(+/-)lines]

Grow or shrink a region

screen [opts] [n] [cmd [args]]

Create a new window. See section Screen Command.

scrollback num

Set size of scrollback buffer. See section Scrollback.

select [n]

Switch to a specified window. See section Selecting a Window.

sessionname [name]

Name this session. See section Session Name.

setenv [var [string]]

Set an environment variable for new windows. See section Setenv.

setsid state

Controll process group creation for windows. See section Setsid.

shell command

Set the default program for new windows. See section Shell.

shelltitle title

Set the default name for new windows. See section Shell.

silence [state|seconds]

Monitor a window for inactivity. See section Silence.

silencewait seconds

Default timeout to trigger an inactivity notify. See section Silence.

sleep num

Pause during startup. See section Startup.

slowpaste msec

Slow down pasting in windows. See section Paste.

source file

Run commands from a file. See section Source.

sorendition [attr [color]]

Change text highlighting. See section Sorendition.

split

Split region into two parts. See section Regions.

startup_message state

Display copyright notice on startup. See section Startup.

stuff string

Stuff a string in the input buffer of a window. See section Paste.

su [username [password [password2]]]

Identify a user. See section Multiuser Session.

suspend

Put session in background. See section Suspend.

term term

Set $TERM for new windows. See section Term.

termcap term terminal-tweaks [window-tweaks]

Tweak termcap entries for best performance. See section The termcap command.

terminfo term terminal-tweaks [window-tweaks]

Ditto, for terminfo systems. See section The termcap command.

termcapinfo term terminal-tweaks [window-tweaks]

Ditto, for both systems. See section The termcap command.

time [string]

Display time and load average. See section Time.

title [windowtitle]

Set the name of the current window. See section Title Command.

umask [users]+/-bits ...

Synonym to aclumask. See section aclumask.

unsetenv var

Unset environment variable for new windows. See section Setenv.

utf8 [state [dstate]]

Select character encoding of the current window. See section Character Processing.

vbell [state]

Use visual bell. See section Bell.

vbell_msg [message]

Set vbell message. See section Bell.

vbellwait sec

Set delay for vbell message. See section Bell.

version

Display screen version. See section Version.

wall message

Write a message to all displays. See section Multiuser Session.

width [cols [lines]]

Set the width of the window. See section Window Size.

windowlist [-b] | string [string] | title [title]

Present a list of all windows for selection. See section Windowlist.

windows

List active windows. See section Windows.

wrap [state]

Control line-wrap behavior. See section Wrap.

writebuf [-e encoding] [filename]

Write paste buffer to screen-exchange file. See section Screen Exchange.

writelock on|off|auto

Grant exclusive write permission. See section Multiuser Session.

xoff

Send an XOFF character. See section XON and XOFF.

xon

Send an XON character. See section XON and XOFF.

zmodem [off|auto|catch|pass]

Define how screen treats zmodem requests. See section Zmodem.

zombie [keys]

Keep dead windows. See section Zombie.

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