Re: [Nolug] screen commands - odd

Select text with mouse and cut and paste as your normally would from a
terminal. The cat>/tmp/file with the cut and paste works to. you just open
the file in your external GUI editor after the cut and paste.

I normally use vi within screen so that's really not an issue for me.

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net>
wrote:

> 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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