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shantanuo
Asked: 2011-03-04 20:57:32 +0800 CST

Connecting to screen

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How do I attach a screen? I can see a screen is running in the following output, but can not connect to it.

[root@vishnuvm6 ~]# screen -ls
There is a screen on:
        15941.pts-18.vishnuvm6  (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-root.

[root@vishnuvm6 ~]# screen -x vishnuvm6
There is no screen to be attached matching vishnuvm6.
linux

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Since it's the only screen running and it is detached, you can simply:

    screen -r

    If it was attached, you could:

    screen -d -r

    to detach it first (I prefer screen -Dr though: "detach and logout first")

    or:

    screen -x

    which will leave all other attached displays intact. A nice trick if you want to tutor on a terminal (for example).

    You need to name the screen only if there are other detached screens.

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  2. screen -d -r 15941.pts-18.vishnuvm6

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  3. I use screen -xRR quite always.

    • If no screen it starts one
    • If a screen exists, attach to it
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