This is my little cheatsheet for screen - one of my most used cli programs under Linux. I know that some people hyping alternatives like tmux like mad, but I prefer working under the "if it ain't broken, don't try to fix it" premise.

I have also added my little ~/.screenrc which I prefer to use on the machine I work with.

Cheatsheet:

Key	Action
Ctrl+a c	create new window
Ctrl+a n	next window
Ctrl+a p	previous window
Ctrl+a "	select a window from a list
Ctrl+a Ctrl+a	jump to the previous viewed window
Ctrl+a A	set the title of the current window
Ctrl+a S	split horizontally
Ctrl+a
Ctrl+a :resize	resize the active region
Ctrl+a F	fit screen size to terminal size
Ctrl+a X	remove active region
Ctrl+a [Tab]	switch between regions
Ctrl+a d	detach from screen
Ctrl+a [	enter scrollback mode
Ctrl+a ]	exit scrollback mode
Ctrl+a ?	show key bindings and command names

~/.screenrc:

# F11 & F12 to go to next/previous window
bindkey -k F1 prev
bindkey -k F2 next

# disable startup text
startup_message off

# show a list of open windows in a screen session:
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string "%-w%{= BW}%50>%n %t%{-}%+w%<"

# important for editors like nano
altscreen on

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