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As mentioned previously, each keyboard command consists of a
C-a followed by one other character. For your convenience, all
commands that are bound to lower-case letters are also bound to their
control character counterparts (with the exception of C-a a; see
below). Thus, both C-a c and C-a C-c can be used to create
a window.
The following table shows the default key bindings:
- C-a '
-
- C-a "
-
(select)
Prompt for a window identifier and switch.
See section Selecting a Window.
- C-a 0...9
-
(select 0...select 9)
Switch to window number 0...9. See section Selecting a Window.
- C-a C-a
-
(other)
Toggle to the window displayed previously. See section Selecting a Window.
- C-a a
-
(meta)
Send the command character (C-a) to window. See escape
command.
See section Command Character.
- C-a A
-
(title)
Allow the user to enter a title for the current window.
See section Naming Windows (Titles).
- C-a b
-
itemx C-a C-b
(break)
Send a break to the tty.
See section Break.
- C-a B
-
(pow_break)
Close and reopen the tty-line.
See section Break.
- C-a c
-
- C-a C-c
-
(screen)
Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window.
See section Screen Command.
- C-a C
-
(clear)
Clear the screen. See section Clear.
- C-a d
-
- C-a C-d
-
(detach)
Detach screen
from this terminal. See section Detach.
- C-a D D
-
(pow_detach)
Detach and logout. See section Power Detach.
- C-a f
-
- C-a C-f
-
(flow)
Cycle flow among `on', `off' or `auto'. See section Flow.
- C-a C-g
-
(vbell)
Toggle visual bell mode. See section Bell.
- C-a h
-
(hardcopy)
Write a hardcopy of the current window to the file "hardcopy.n".
See section hardcopy.
- C-a H
-
(log)
Toggle logging of the current window to the file "screenlog.n".
See section log.
- C-a i
-
- C-a C-i
-
(info)
Show info about the current window. See section Info.
- C-a k
-
- C-a C-k
-
(kill)
Destroy the current window. See section Kill.
- C-a l
-
- C-a C-l
-
(redisplay)
Fully refresh the current window. See section Redisplay.
- C-a L
-
(login)
Toggle the current window's login state. See section Login.
- C-a m
-
- C-a C-m
-
(lastmsg)
Repeat the last message displayed in the message line.
See section Display Last Message.
- C-a M
-
(monitor)
Toggle monitoring of the current window. See section Monitoring.
- C-a SPC
-
- C-a n
-
- C-a C-n
-
(next)
Switch to the next window. See section Selecting a Window.
- C-a N
-
(number)
Show the number (and title) of the current window. See section Number.
- C-a p
-
- C-a C-p
-
- C-a C-h
-
- C-a BackSpace
-
(prev)
Switch to the previous window (opposite of C-a n).
See section Selecting a Window.
- C-a q
-
- C-a C-q
-
(xon)
Send a ^Q (ASCII XON) to the current window. See section XON and XOFF.
- C-a r
-
- C-a C-r
-
(wrap)
Toggle the current window's line-wrap setting (turn the current window's
automatic margins on or off). See section Wrap.
- C-a s
-
- C-a C-s
-
(xoff)
Send a ^S (ASCII XOFF) to the current window. See section XON and XOFF.
- C-a t
-
- C-a C-t
-
(time)
Show the load average and xref. See section Time.
- C-a v
-
(version)
Display the version and compilation date. See section Version.
- C-a C-v
-
(digraph)
Enter digraph. See section Digraph.
- C-a w
-
- C-a C-w
-
(windows)
Show a list of active windows. See section Windows.
- C-a W
-
(width)
Toggle between 80 and 132 columns. See section Window Size.
- C-a x
-
- C-a C-x
-
(lockscreen)
Lock your terminal. See section Lock.
- C-a z
-
- C-a C-z
-
(suspend)
Suspend screen
. See section Suspend.
- C-a Z
-
(reset)
Reset the virtual terminal to its "power-on" values.
See section Reset.
- C-a .
-
(dumptermcap)
Write out a `.termcap' file. See section Write out the window's termcap entry.
- C-a ?
-
(help)
Show key bindings. See section Help.
- C-a C-\
-
(quit)
Kill all windows and terminate screen
. See section Quit.
- C-a :
-
(colon)
Enter a command line. See section Colon.
- C-a [
-
- C-a C-[
-
- C-a ESC
-
(copy)
Enter copy/scrollback mode. See section Copying.
- C-a ]
-
- C-a C-]
-
(paste .)
Write the contents of the paste buffer to the stdin queue of the
current window. See section Paste.
- C-a {
-
(history)
Copy and paste a previous (command) line. See section History.
- C-a >
-
(writebuf)
Write the paste buffer out to the screen-exchange file.
See section Screen-Exchange.
- C-a <
-
(readbuf)
Read the screen-exchange file into the paste buffer.
See section Screen-Exchange.
- C-a =
-
(removebuf)
Delete the screen-exchange file. See section Screen-Exchange.
- C-a _
-
(silence)
Start/stop monitoring the current window for inactivity. See section Silence,
- C-a ,
-
(license)
Show the copyright page.
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