The GNU terminal multiplexer, allowing multiple virtual terminals on local and remote servers.
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GNU Screen: run arbitrary command in the status bar?
Is it possible to get GNU Screen to display the output of an arbitrary command, e.g. who | wc -l, in the status bar, refreshing it, say, every minute?
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How do I open screen with many tabs to execute some commands within each one
How to open screen with many tabs?
How can I execute some commands within each tab, plus giving the main screen window a name to call it again later to execute other commands?
For example, I have a ...
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After Ubuntu 12.10 install and restart
I installed the ubuntu in this pc in order to do a dual boot with windows.
After installing Ubuntu according to the tutorial it restarts the system, But it doesn't show the GRUB "Boot Selection" ...
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Cannot get ubuntu to run on my old toshiba satellite 5100, goes to gnu grub.
Laptop model Dynabook G6C/X18CME, Satellite 5100 series, model no: PS510N-6CL5F1
OS WinXP.
So I tried to install ubuntu on this years ago but it didnt work (this was before i understood the joys of ...
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Maintaining ubuntu Server session after logout from remote server
I am using Ubuntu Server 12.04 for my rails production . I am using Thin server as web server for my rails application .
Step Which i did to Start my rails server from remote location :
Step 1. ...
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byobu-screen doesn't show status bar at launch
At launch, byobu-screen simply displays the normal GNU Screen status bar instead of the byobu status bar.
It shows the proper byobu status bar only if I go into "Toggle status notifications" and hit ...
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Screen: Keep programs running after shutdown
Is it possible to run screen on my linux box, and resume activites after shutting down?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with all updates installed and Screen version 4.00.03jw4 installed from the Ubuntu ...
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How do I get colors and a correct character set with screen through PuTTY?
Screen session over putty connections from windows are colorless and have a character set problem (shows in curses applications like aptitude). A screen session on a proper terminal works just fine.
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Run a program with GNU screen and immediately detach after
I am trying to figure out how to write a script which would start program(s) in GNU Screen sessions(s) at system boot.
I am trying this:
#!/bin/bash
screen -S test -d -m -X ...
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GNU screen hangs on the pandaboard [closed]
I've installed the headless 11.04 variant of Ubuntu on my pandaboard. Most things seem to work correctly, but when I launch screen bash seems to hang and I must kill it using ctrl-z kill %1 in order ...
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Bring nohup job to foreground
Consider the following nohup execution:
nohup script.sh > script.out &
Is there a way to log off the terminal, reconnect, bring the process back to foreground and interact with it using the ...
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How do I copy text from the program “screen” to my clipboard?
I want to copy some text from screen to my clipboard. I know how to get into copy and paste mode in screen, but I want that text to go to my clipboard so I can paste it on the browser, for example.
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How can I have one screen session per user and set it as the login shell?
How can I set screen so it runs automatically any time a user logs in using a CLI interface? If there is already a screen session running for that user, I would like any new logins to attach to that ...
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How do I get Guake(terminal) to report the correct terminal?
I've been using Guake on my laptop and my desktop and everything has been fine until I recently bought a new HD and did a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10.
I installed Guake and it works fine except for ...
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How do I integrate Byobu's copy-buffer with the X clipboard?
I want to be able to copy and paste between Byobu and Firefox without having to use a mouse. I could write the copy buffer to a file and open that file with Gedit but I was wondering if there was a ...
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Why is Gnu Screen slow to scroll in a vertical split region? [closed]
On my Ubuntu, Gnu screen is very slow when scrolling in a vertically split region (the one you create with CTRL-A |.
But Tmux doesn't have this problem. Why is this?
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How to disable window caption bar in GNU Screen?
I usually split my GNU Screen into four regions, and I don't really need the status bars for each of those windows.
Is there an option to disable GNU Screen window status bars?
I could only find ...
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Retaining bash prompt colors when starting a screen session
When I ssh into a Ubuntu Lucid box the prompt is all pretty, with colors. Everything is the default, as far as I know. Here's my $PS1 outside screen:
\[\e]0;\u@\h: ...
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How can I create a cron command that will execute a command inside a detached screen?
I have created a screen, but can I now somehow execute a command that will run commands in the detached screen?
I do not even know if this is possible, but if it is, it will probably be something ...
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GNU screen: Running commands in different window when screen is started
The .screenrc file allows the user to specify that they want multiple windows open when screen is first run. Eg.
screen -t myWindowA 0 ""
screen -t myWindowB 1 "-${SHELL}"
screen -t myWindowC 2 ...
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Execute command on Gnu Screen attachment
Is it possible for GNU Screen to detect when a session has been attached and to run a command? (The command will be a shell script that I wrote)
Thanks.
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X11 Forwarding over Gnu Screen, is it possible?
I use GNU Screen constantly. But, I've been trying to figure out if there is someway to get X11 apps to forward over screen when I am ssh-ing (Is that a word?). Currently if I try to run 'gedit' ...
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byobu and ssh-agent
byobu cannot connect to ssh-agent socket well. actually I can make just one connection via ssh-agent but if I try to establish another ssh connection using the agent, it doesn't work.
I've tried
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