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How can I assign a name for a screen?


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 I can't find an option in the man page.

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?


Solution

  • 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

    sessionname is command, please type it exactly, not your session name there - yours will be at $YOUR_SESSION_NAME