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GNU Screen

Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several... Created by Free Software Foundation

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Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. Each virtual terminal provides the functions of the DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ANSI X3.64 (ISO 6429) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g., insert/delete line and support for multiple character sets). There is a scrollback history buffer for each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows the user to move text regions between windows. When screen is called, it creates a single window with a shell in it (or the specified command) and then gets out of your way so that you can use the program as you normally would. Then, at any time, you can create new (full-screen) windows with other programs in them (including more shells), kill the current window, view a list of the active windows, turn output logging on and off, copy text between windows, view the scrollback history, switch between windows, etc. All windows run their programs completely independent of each other. Programs continue to run when their window is currently not visible and even when the whole screen session is detached from the users terminal. ... More Info »

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GNU Screen was added by SmartWish in May 2010 and the latest update was made in Dec 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Mar 2018 There is a history of all activites on GNU Screen in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on GNU Screen or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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