Using screen command in Linux to keep-alive remote shell commands even after disconnects

Using screen command in Linux to keep-alive remote shell commands even after disconnects

• Connect to the remote host using

ssh someuser@somehost

• Run screen command

screen

• Run your command that will take some time

• Press CTRL-A then D to detach from your screen session. A disconnect also can detach you from the session. Here the command is still running

• Any time after detaching from the screen session you can restore it by:

screen -r

Few more screen options:

• List screen scessions: screen -ls
• Create a new screen session from an active session CTRL+A then C
• Switch to the next screen session CTRL+A then N
• Switch to the previous screen session CTRL+A then P