Comments on: A quick tutorial on screen http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/ neat fun stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mux http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-113107 mux Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:48:02 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-113107 I can get screen to start with a command running in that screen, but when the command runs it's course the screen terminates. How do I get the command to run but screen to remain? So I can run a command then come back later to check it's output. email me at with the any suggestions screen@trashmail.net I can get screen to start with a command running in that screen, but when the command runs it’s course the screen terminates. How do I get the command to run but screen to remain? So I can run a command then come back later to check it’s output.

email me at with the any suggestions
screen@trashmail.net

]]> By: Andrei Lopatenko http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-112422 Andrei Lopatenko Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:54:15 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-112422 Excellent tutorial on excellent utility (I have been using it for around 6-7 years) BTW one can sync not only terminals on different computers, but Firefox browsers also http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/index.html Excellent tutorial on excellent utility (I have been using it for around 6-7 years)
BTW one can sync not only terminals on different computers, but Firefox browsers also
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/index.html

]]> By: Jeff Downton http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-109178 Jeff Downton Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:08:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-109178 Thanks for everybody's comments on screen it pushed me into using it today and it turned out to be a lifesaver. Was working on a remote machine who's connection drops frequently and had to copy over a number of large websites.... if the connection dropped while doing the transfer, unzipping or importing any of the files, life starts to get hard ;) Screen was great as the connection would drop but when it came back I could re-attach to the session and it was still chugging along! Kudos to screen! Thanks for everybody’s comments on screen it pushed me into using it today and it turned out to be a lifesaver.

Was working on a remote machine who’s connection drops frequently and had to copy over a number of large websites…. if the connection dropped while doing the transfer, unzipping or importing any of the files, life starts to get hard ;)

Screen was great as the connection would drop but when it came back I could re-attach to the session and it was still chugging along!

Kudos to screen!

]]> By: Anthony Ettinger http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-109133 Anthony Ettinger Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:30:32 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-109133 Screen is one of those tools that has been around for decades, and one that has improved my productivity 10-fold. Its handy for building while asleep too :) Screen is one of those tools that has been around for decades, and one that has improved my productivity 10-fold.

Its handy for building while asleep too :)

]]> By: Benny George http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108764 Benny George Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:20:16 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108764 Hey I am pretty annoyed with using C-a as prefix for every screen command. How can I change it to the "windows key (call it W)?" That is the key between C and M. I know escape ^Zz changes it to C-z. Also what if I need W-1 as the prefix? Thank you in advance Hey I am pretty annoyed with using C-a as prefix for every screen command. How can I change it to the “windows key (call it W)?” That is the key between C and M.
I know escape ^Zz changes it to C-z.
Also what if I need W-1 as the prefix?
Thank you in advance

]]> By: Damon Hart-Davis http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108587 Damon Hart-Davis Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:13:18 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108587 Matt, Your mention of screen saved my hide yesterday, and allowed me to recover my Cisco DSL router from 'brick' status after 36 hours without the Net. Kewl! WEBSPAM killer and all-round fixit... B^> Rgds Damon Matt,

Your mention of screen saved my hide yesterday, and allowed me to recover my Cisco DSL router from ‘brick’ status after 36 hours without the Net.

Kewl! WEBSPAM killer and all-round fixit… B^>

Rgds

Damon

]]> By: dockarl http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108412 dockarl Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:22:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108412 Ooh - Thanks Christopher - just done is now - smbstatus - that's cool. Do you know if there are equivalents for the other daemons as well? Like cups, network etc.. I only seem to be able to use "start, stop, reload, restart, force-reload" - there doesn't seem to be any 'status' modifier. But given that's my only major (minor) gripe after having been a hard core red hat user for 5 years, I guess I'm pretty impressed (can't comment on the GUI - it looks pretty but I very rarely use it). doc Ooh – Thanks Christopher – just done is now – smbstatus – that’s cool.

Do you know if there are equivalents for the other daemons as well? Like cups, network etc.. I only seem to be able to use “start, stop, reload, restart, force-reload” – there doesn’t seem to be any ’status’ modifier.

But given that’s my only major (minor) gripe after having been a hard core red hat user for 5 years, I guess I’m pretty impressed (can’t comment on the GUI – it looks pretty but I very rarely use it).

doc

]]> By: Christopher Buckley http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108410 Christopher Buckley Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:10:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108410 dockarl: You just need to learn the nuances a Debian based distro uses. Though, in your specific case, you can call the smbstatus command directly (just make sure your path statement includes the location of the binary - usually /usr/bin) dockarl: You just need to learn the nuances a Debian based distro uses. Though, in your specific case, you can call the smbstatus command directly (just make sure your path statement includes the location of the binary – usually /usr/bin)

]]> By: dockarl http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108409 dockarl Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:46:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108409 Thanks mate ;-) I'm keen to hear your experiences with Ubuntu (you were talking about writing about it a few months back prior to going away) - I was looking for a change from redhat recently and used ubuntu for a new server ('Seattle') I set up for the purposes of some crawling and 'trend analysis' I had to do on some sites prior to a recent big important job interview :-) It's was all pretty smooth sailing except for a crazy problem I had with this weird error {"‘/bin/sh can’t access tty; job control mode off'"} I got on the first reboot after installation - turns out just popping a floppy (doesn't matter if it has anything on it) in the drive for the first boot fixes the prob forever - truly weird, but lots of people seem to have the same problem as my 'solution' on my personal site has been quite highly trafficked and commented - comments like "dude I can't believe that really works" and "If I were a woman I'd marry you" seem to be the general reaction.. hehe. The thing I miss the most though is all the little fedora / redhat specific shortcuts - like "service smb status" etc. Ark - cool tip! I found a similar tip for vim a while back :-) doc Thanks mate ;-)

I’m keen to hear your experiences with Ubuntu (you were talking about writing about it a few months back prior to going away) – I was looking for a change from redhat recently and used ubuntu for a new server (’Seattle’) I set up for the purposes of some crawling and ‘trend analysis’ I had to do on some sites prior to a recent big important job interview :-)

It’s was all pretty smooth sailing except for a crazy problem I had with this weird error {”‘/bin/sh can’t access tty; job control mode off’”} I got on the first reboot after installation – turns out just popping a floppy (doesn’t matter if it has anything on it) in the drive for the first boot fixes the prob forever – truly weird, but lots of people seem to have the same problem as my ’solution’ on my personal site has been quite highly trafficked and commented – comments like “dude I can’t believe that really works” and “If I were a woman I’d marry you” seem to be the general reaction.. hehe.

The thing I miss the most though is all the little fedora / redhat specific shortcuts – like “service smb status” etc.

Ark – cool tip! I found a similar tip for vim a while back :-)

doc

]]> By: Bart van Bragt http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108408 Bart van Bragt Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:27:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/a-quick-tutorial-on-screen/#comment-108408 Instead of: screen -d -R you can also do: screen -x This resumes the session that you had open on your work machine without detaching anything. This way you'll have exactly the same screen that you had open when you left work and when you get back to work you'll immediately have the same screen that you left at home. With -x you can even use the two screens at the same time :) BTW if you use Putty you can also select 'disable switching to alternate screen' to re-enable scrolling with the mouse. Instead of:

screen -d -R

you can also do:

screen -x

This resumes the session that you had open on your work machine without detaching anything. This way you’ll have exactly the same screen that you had open when you left work and when you get back to work you’ll immediately have the same screen that you left at home. With -x you can even use the two screens at the same time :)

BTW if you use Putty you can also select ‘disable switching to alternate screen’ to re-enable scrolling with the mouse.

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