How to assign name for a screen

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I m using the screen multiplexer tool on the command shell and open a lot of screens  I then forget which process ID associates with which task   I would like to set a name for a screen but can t find an option in the manpage   Currently  listing the screens looks like this   There are screens on      5422 pts-1 aws1  Detached      5448 pts-1 aws1  Detached      5027 pts-1 aws1  Detached  3 Sockets in  var run screen S-sb    And I would like to see something like this   There are screens on      5422 logCleanWorker  Detached      5448 overNightLongTask Detached      5027 databaseOverNightLongTask  Detached  3 Sockets in  var run screen S-sb    How can I do this

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To start a new session screen -S your session name To rename an existing session Ctrl a    sessionname YOUR SESSION NAME Enter  You must be inside the session

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As already stated  screen -S SESSIONTITLE works for starting a session with a title  SESSIONTITLE   but if you start a session and later decide to change its title  This can be accomplished by using the default key bindings   Ctrl a  A  Which prompts   Set windows title to SESSIONTITLE   Change SESSIONTITLE by backspacing and typing in the desired title  To confirm the name change and list all titles   Ctrl a

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I am a beginner to screen but I find it immensely useful while restoring lost connections  Your question has already been answered but this information might serve as an add on - I use putty with putty connection manager and name my screens -  tab1    tab2   etc  - as for me the overall picture of the 8-10 tabs is more important than each individual tab name  I use the 8th tab for connecting to db  the 7th for viewing logs  etc  So when I want to reattach my screens I have written a simple wrapper which says      bin bash screen -d -r tab 1   where first argument is the tab number

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To create a new screen with the name foo  use  screen -S foo   Then to reattach it  run  screen -r foo    or use -x  as in screen -x foo    for  Multi display mode   see the man page

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The easiest way use screen with name  screen -S  name   application     Ctrl a  d   exit and leave application open   Return to screen   screen -r  name    for example using lynx with screen  Create screen   screen -S lynx lynx   Ctrl a  d  exit  later you can return with   screen -r lynx

[linux] How to assign name for a screen?

To start a new session

To rename an existing session

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