How to execute a command inside a screen session

Question

I would like to know how to execute a command inside a screen session. i searched and I found this :

screen -S nameofscreen -X stuff "command"

When I type this, the command is typed inside the screen but it is not executed. So my queston is how to press enter using this command.

Answer 1

In the bash shell you can use ctrl-V to explicitly put non-printable characters into a string. So try ctrl-V ctrl-L ctrl-V ctrl-M at the end of your command just before the ".