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Usage of screen command

Starting screen command

$ screen

Attach to a screen in multi display mode

$ screen -x

Detach from screen without killing screen

Ctrl+A then push+D

Display screen sessions

$ screen -ls

Example:

$ screen -ls
There is a screen on:
    8451.pts-0.vps189730    (08/05/2016 12:38:25)   (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-root.

Attach to a single screen session

$ screen -r

Attach to a specific session

$ screen -r 8451 8451 is taken from above command

Killing screen

Ctrl+A then push+K