Screen FAQ

Install screen on remote machine. After you ssh in, type:

screen -S insert_name_of_session_here

You’ll get a welcome message, then you’ll be back at a prompt. From there type your command to start whatever app you want. Once it’s running, press Ctrl-a (control and a at the same time), then press d. These keystrokes does what’s called detaching the screen session. After detaching, you’ll be back at a command prompt. From there you can logout. The app you started in the screen session keeps on running in the background.

To re-attach to your screen session: ssh in, then at a terminal prompt type:

screen -list

This will show all the remote terminal sessions. Copy the session name of the screen you are interested it. Re-attach the screen by typing in

screen -r session_name