Screenshot:

This is how my current screen config looks, I use the same config on every host but with different colors for the status bar to quickly differentiate between them.

Commands:

Move window:

• change to the window you want to move
• type (for example) ^x:number 1
• ^x is the host key (usually ^a on most machines)
• :number (typed literally) is the command
• 1 the number to move the current screen to

Save log:

CTRL+a :

hardcopy -h

-or-

CTRL+a [
CTRL+a

:bufferfile /tmp/somefile.txt

CTRL+a >

Line wrap

<pre:wrap

Scrollback:

Press CTRL-a then : and then type

scrollback 10000

to get a 10000 line buffer, for example.

You can also set the default number of scrollback lines by adding

defscrollback 10000

to your ~/.screenrc file.

Another tip: CTRL-a i shows your current buffer setting.

List windows in tab:

CTRL+a w

Reload screenrc

CTRL-a : source $HOME/.screenrc

Fix ssh-agent:

Fix
“Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.”
“The agent has no identities.”

Cause: new socket/ppid

first detach/logout, then relogin with ssh -A and resume screen

export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-oghop19109/agent.19109

CTRL+a: setenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK /tmp/ssh-oghop19109/agent.19109

ssh-add -l

My .screenrc:

# Startup message
startup_message off

# Default charset
defutf8 on

# Notice bell
#vbell on
vbell off
bell_msg
vbell_msg
vbellwait 2

# Scrollback, default is 100 lines
defscrollback 1024

# Statusline
#hardstatus on
#hardstatus alwayslastline

# Status bar without screen titles
#hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{-}%{.bW}%{.0y} %t %{-}%+w %=%{..y} load: %l %{= c}%{.0C} %H%{..C}%{= b} %{.bc} %M %d %{..y}%D%{-} %c"
#blue:
#caption always "%{.bW}%-w%{-}%{.bW}%{.0y} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{..y} load: %l %{= c}%{.0C} %H%{..C}%{= b} %{.bc} %M %d %{..y}%D%{-} %c"
#green:
#caption always "%{.gW}%-w%{-}%{.gW}%{.wk} %t %{-}%+w %=%{..k} load: %l %{= c}%{.0C} %H%{..C}%{= g} %{.gk} %M %d %{..k}%D%{-} %c"
#brown:
#caption always "%{.3W}%-w%{-}%{.3W}%{.wk} %t %{-}%+w %=%{..k} load: %l %{= c}%{.0C} %H%{..C}%{= 3} %{.3k} %M %d %{..k}%D%{-} %c"
#red:
#caption always "%{.rW}%-w%{-}%{.rW}%{.wk} %t %{-}%+w %=%{..k} load: %l %{= c}%{.0C} %H%{..C}%{= r} %{.rk} %M %d %{..k}%D%{-} %c"

# NEW:
#blue:
#caption always "%{.bw}%-w%{-}%{.bw}%{.0y} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{.bw} %l %{= c}%{.0y} %H%{..C}%{= b} %{.bw} %D %d/%m %c"
#white:
caption always "%{.wW}%-w%{-}%{.wW}%{.0w} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{.ky} %H%{..W} %{= k} %l %{= .kw} %D %d/%m %c:%s "
#green:
#caption always "%{.gW}%-w%{-}%{.gW}%{.wk} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{.Gk} %H%{..W} %{= gk} %l %{= .gk} %D %d/%m %c:%s "
#red:
#caption always "%{.rW}%-w%{-}%{.rW}%{.wk} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{.kW} %H%{..W} %{= rw} %l %{= .rw} %D %d/%m %c:%s "
#purple:
#caption always "%{.5W}%-w%{-}%{.5W}%{.wk} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{.kC} %H%{..W} %{= 5w} %l %{= .5w} %D %d/%m %c:%s "
#cyan:
#caption always "%{.cW}%-w%{-}%{.cW}%{.wk} %n %t %{-}%+w %=%{+u 5k} %H %{..W}%{= ck} %l %{= .ck} %D %d/%m %c:%s "

# Screen startup file to start multiple commands under multiple screens.
# Start with "screen -c thisfilename"

# Screen 0: Start 'top'
# Screen 1: Start 'tail -F /var/log/syslog'

#screen -t script 0 ./script.sh
#screen -t irssi 1 irssi

#scrollback even when in putty
termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@

nonblock on