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gnu screen: exit without prompt?

I'm using gnu screen version 4.08.00 under linux. I know that I can exit screen via Ctrl-a \. However, when I type that, I am prompted to confirm that I really want to exit. Is there a way from within a screen session to tell screen to immediately exit without any prompt?

Solution

  • I had originally gotten screen from the standard Ubuntu repo, and apparently, that version of screen makes use of this exit confirmation prompt, while the git version does not. Therefore, I uninstalled screen from the Ubuntu repo and built screen from the code in its git repo: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/screen.git . That is version 4.99.0 .

    Now, I am not prompted when exiting via C-a \