On 02/12/11 13:43, Tim Allen wrote:
Hi
I'm often discovering nifty utilities that I'm embarrassed not to have
known about years ago. This week it's GNU screen:
http://www.gnu.org/s/screen/
Although I haven't really used it, you could also look at tmux which is
a more modern utility that does much the same. I think the main selling
point of tmux is that it's much, much easier to configure. screen is
pretty gnarly, but then again byobu makes it cuddly enough that I've
never felt the need.
Really useful console window manager, particularly useful for having
multiple terminals open on a remote machine, especially as if you lose
connection, you can reattach exactly where you left off. Or set a long
process running at work, log out and reattach at home.
More info at
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/34
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935
I felt embarrassed when, having used screen for years, I discovered
features I'd never known about. For example, it can be a pretty
passable serial terminal program. You can also share a screen session
from two places (screen -x). You can fit the session to the active
window with C-A F. It also has the ability to do split windows.
There's probably more I've yet to find too!
Cheers
Tim
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