Wonderful application! This does to telnet sessions what window managers
do to X!
In other words, it allows you to have multiple command prompts open in
the same rxvt/xterm/telnet session.
Simply open a command prompt somewhere, either telnet there, ssh there,
cycle there.
If screen is installed, type "screen" and wait for the nice GNU warning
to come up, press return to clear the screen.
And then.. nothing! just a command prompt! hmm.
Try press CTRL-A, CTRL-C. If you had typed anything at the prompt it has
disappeared. What happened was screen created a new session for you.
Type something into the new session, do some work, what ever..
Now, press CTRL-A, CTRL-A, and you get flung back to the first session!
Pressing it again does the obvious.
More info available in the man page, man screen.
Summary:
screen
CTRL-A, CTRL-C to open a new session.
CTRL-A, CTRL-A to change sessions.
"man screen" for more info.
Donncha.
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