Re: Re: How to start a shell into an already existent screen

Steve Ross <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:58:46 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.screen.user
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On 6/24/2020 2:53 PM, Dario Lesca wrote:

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> A Curiosity... I read from man page: "-X   Send the specified command
> to a running screen session."
>
> Which are these "specific command" that I can send to screen?

I'm no expert on "screen", but, after some experimentation...

It appears to me that the "specified command" is one of the commands 
listed in the CUSTOMIZATION section of the "screen" manual page.  Some 
easy examples are:

$ screen -S aSessionName -X quit    # Quit the specified screen session.

$ screen -S aSessionName -X display   # Show a table listing of all 
currently connected displays.

$ screen -S aSessionName -X exec /bin/sh    # Start a new shell in the 
specified session's current screen-window.

-- Steve Ross