#gnu-screen

Fixed: gnu screen – Copying text between windows #programming #development #solution

gnu screen – Copying text between windows

Is it possible to paste text copied in a paste buffer to a different window with some keybinding, without having to leave the current window? I.e., instead of going to the window and doing a Ctr-a + ], giving a gnu screen command and the name of the receiving window?

Answer [by ssice]: gnu screen – Copying text between windows

You could make a bindto…

Solution: Tabbed terminal that connects to a GNU Screen session? #programming #dev #computers

Tabbed terminal that connects to a GNU Screen session?

I use the session feature of screen extensively. For example, I’ll start a screen session for “project1″ as “screen -S project1″, and then when I need to reconnect I use “screen -d -r project1″. This makes it easy to manage multiple projects, each with their own set of shell sessions.

What I would love to do now is that when running on…

How-to: Screen a running process #solution #computers #answer

Screen a running process

Sometimes I forget to run a program under a screen session and can’t stop it in the middle, and I know it’s going to take long.

Is there a way to screen an already running process without restarting it?

Answer [by LiraNuna]: Screen a running process

Found a duplicate In ServerFault.

Another solution not found in that post is using retty after starting a screen session.

A…

Solution: How do I use tabs with the Linux "Screen" program? #programming #solution #computers

How do I use tabs with the Linux "Screen" program?

I’m using multiple screen windows and am wondering if it’s possible to add a tabbed interface to it, with tab names and keyboard shortcuts for moving between the tabs.

Answer [by Janne Pikkarainen]: How do I use tabs with the Linux "Screen" program?

Add this to your .screenrc file:

caption always "%{= kw}%-w%{= BW}%n %t%{-}%+w %-= @%H - %LD %d…

Resolved: rename tmux window name to prompt_command, ps1 or remote ssh hostname? #fix #development #solution

rename tmux window name to prompt_command, ps1 or remote ssh hostname?

I would love to be able to have my tmux window title automatically renamed to prompt_command, ps1 or just the hostname of a machine I ssh to. having 9 windows opened labeled “ssh” is really useless. Doing sysadmin work I open new screens and ssh around to much to manually rename them.

One thing I noticed is tmux updates the…

Solution: How to scroll up and look at data in GNU screen #fix #solution #programming

How to scroll up and look at data in GNU screen

I am using a mac (snow leopard). I am a ruby on rails developer and I watched a screencast on GNU screen and am trying it out. So far I like it.

On a window when I start server I get to see the log messages. However I can’t seem to scroll up. I do get a scroll bar. However when I use the scroll bar and scroll up I don’t see anything.

How do people…

Fix: How to tell GNU screen to run .bash_profile in each new window? #fix #development #answer

How to tell GNU screen to run .bash_profile in each new window?

When I open a new window in GNU screen, it runs .bashrc but not .bash_profile. In my setup, this results in some environment variables not being set up correctly in that window.

How can I tell GNU screen to always run .bash_profile instead of .bashrc on opening a new window? (Please don’t tell me to just call .bash_profile from my .…

How-to: Vertical Split in GNU Screen on Mac OS X #dev #programming #computers

Vertical Split in GNU Screen on Mac OS X

I recently became enamored with the excellent app in Ubuntu GNU screen. I was really happy to see it installed on my Mac as well, but I can’t split vertically… I guess I need to update it somehow. I tried mac ports, and brew, but I couldn’t find anything. Has anyone done this successfully?

Answer [by lajuette]: Vertical Split in GNU Screen on Mac OS X

It…