System
screen
Terminal multiplexer for persistent sessions.
Ubuntu
Debian
Arch
Fedora
CentOS
macOS
Verified: 2026-05-10
Syntax
$screen [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]
Examples
$screen -S mysession
$screen -ls
$screen -r mysession
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
screen --help
Note
Terminal multiplexer. Enables persistent sessions across SSH connections.
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