Re: [Nolug] screen commands - odd

I tried that as instructed on one of the tutorial websites, but it only
pasted back to the screen.
I need to paste to a text editor or somewhere outside of the screen.

Petri

Scott Harney wrote:
> paste is ctrl-A ] (control A right-square-bracket). I do this a lot:
>
> cat >> /tmp/xxxx
> C-a ]
> C-d
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net
> <mailto:pietu@weblizards.net>> wrote:
>
> Hmm.... I'm learning.....
> I was checking some tutorials and seem to be able to do most of that
> stuff..... there were however couple of things I was unable to do
> even
> with the tutorials.
>
> For example Copy / Paste:
> I seem to be able to copy text from the screen. However, when
> opening a
> text editor and trying to paste the text. That does not work. The text
> is in some sort of buffer in screen, but how do I get the text
> from that
> buffer to another program?
>
> Split screen: (no more problem...... By pasting the instructions
> here,
> I discovered additional characters which were not really readable
> on the
> browser)
>
> Petri
>
>
>
> B. Estrade wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:26:51AM -0500, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> >
> >> This is really all you need to know:
> >>
> >> 1. Control-a : command mode, start with this always
> >>
> >> 2. control-a c : create
> >>
> >> 3. control-a control-a : switch to previous window (toggle)
> >>
> >> 4. control-a ": show all my available windows
> >>
> >> 5. control-a A: name the current window with a title (e.g., "my
> log view")
> >>
> >> 6. control-a K: kill this window (e.g., it hangs)
> >>
> >> 7. control-a d: detach and go home for the day
> >>
> >> Put this in your ~/.screenrc before starting screen:
> >>
> >> hardstatus on
> >> hardstatus alwayslastline
> >> hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H
> %{..Y} %m/%d
> >> %C%a "
> >>
> >
> > What do those do?
> >
> >
> >> --
> >> Dustin Puryear
> >> President and Sr. Consultant
> >> Puryear Information Technology, LLC
> >> 225-706-8414 x112
> >> http://www.puryear-it.com
> >>
> >> Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
> >> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/
> >>
> >>
> >> Petri Laihonen wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have now managed to get my SSH tunnels etc up and running
> when I start
> >>> "screen"..... It was necessary to set up ssh-agent in order
> to do the
> >>> passwordless logins. So I learned that too.
> >>>
> >>> However, screen seems to be very difficult to use, or I do not
> >>> understand the instructions......most likely both......
> >>> I have not yet figured out how to interpret the
> instructions...... There
> >>> seem to be no legend....
> >>>
> >>> For instance,
> >>> *C-a C-b* (break)
> >>>
> >>> Send a break to window.
> >>> *C-a B* (pow_break)
> >>> Reopen the terminal line and send a break.
> >>> *C-a C-d* (detach)
> >>> Detach
> >>> /screen/ from this terminal.
> >>> *C-a D D* (pow_detach)
> >>> Detach and logout.
> >>>
> >>> ETC.....
> >>>
> >>> I have yet to figure out what is "*C-a*"?
> >>> I suspected it was a "ctrl" +something else, but that does not
> seem to
> >>> work.
> >>>
> >>> Also, I have not yet found a way to scroll the windows since
> the normal
> >>> scrollbar does not work anymore.
> >>>
> >>> Someone please throw me a bone? :-)
> >>>
> >>> Petri
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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