Linux screen for PuTTY session management

Question

I connect to a Linux system through PuTTY. I am using the GNU screen.

As soon as I enter a command on the screen, I cannot create a new one or do anything else until this command is completed. I have the feeling that I'm doing it all wrong.

When he says Ctrl-A c What does this mean? How to get these keys listed at http://www.rackaid.com/resources/linux-screen-tutorial-and-how-to/

I currently have to create multiple PuTTY sessions.

Answer 1

Once you execute the screen command, you are now in a screen session. You can create new windows (think of them as tabs) and switch between them. To create a window, you use the command Ctrl - a c . It means:

• Hold down Ctrl and a at the same time (this means that you want to send him the following command ...)
• Release the keys
• Press c (create a new window)

This should create a new window on the screen session (you now have two).

To switch between windows, use the Ctrl - a command and then the number of the window you want to switch to. For example, Ctrl - a 0 will bring you home.

Ctrl - a " displays the active windows.

Ctrl - a k closes the current active window.

Ctrl - a d "Turns off" the screen session, you move back to the terminal on which you called screen . Your screen session is still running in the background to return to it using Ctrl - a x .