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Kill detached screen session

I learned from somewhere a detached screen can be killed by

screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] kill

where [session # you want to kill] can be gotten from

screen -ls

But this doesn't work. Anything wrong? What's the correct way?

Solution

  • "kill" will only kill one screen window. To "kill" the complete session, use quit.

    Example

    $ screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] quit

    For dead sessions use: $ screen -wipe