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Let's say I have this python script on my VPS:

# test.py
import time

while True:
    print('tick...')
    time.sleep(10)

If I log into my VPS using SSH and run this script, I can see tick... messages appearing in the console. But if I log out and log in again, everything is gone. I can see using htop that the python script is still running, just not printing anything into my new SSH session.

Is there any way I can recover the last SSH session, so I can see the results of my script again?

I tried the screen tool (screen -S test -> python test.py), but after re-connecting to SSH, when I try to go to my screen session (screen - S test) it only prints [screen is terminating].

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    Running screen -S test multiple times will result in multiple sessions, see screen -ls to list all sessions.
    – pLumo
    Feb 4, 2021 at 15:03
  • @pLumo He did not run screen -S test the second time, but screen - S test (space between minus and S). This command is incorrect and screen is immediately returning.
    – raj
    Feb 4, 2021 at 16:04
  • @raj Sorry, it was typo in my post. My bad. Actually I didn't put the space between - and S when writing to the terminal.
    – nanuqcz
    Feb 4, 2021 at 16:15
  • @nanuqcz However, the command with space actually makes the screen terminate right away :)
    – raj
    Feb 4, 2021 at 17:54

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The command screen - S test is incorrect. If you want to re-attach to your detached screen session called "test", you should use the command

screen -R test
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  • Thank you, that was it :-) I'll just summarize, how it is working for me now: Connect to SSH → screen -S testpython test.py → Re-connect to SSH → screen -r test → I can see the script output :-)
    – nanuqcz
    Feb 4, 2021 at 16:02

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