Attach multiple times to a single screen session

Question

I've been using screen -dRaA -S x to open up a single session between different workstations as I move about. Handy.

Is it possible to connect multiple times to a single session, though, without disconnecting others? When I have two machines I'm quickly moving between even reconnecting starts to slow me down.

score 29 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 22:33

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screen -x is the option you want (coupled with whichever other options you desire).

The -x replaces -R in this case.

answered Mar 27 '12 at 22:33

Ladadadada

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score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '12 at 22:33

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Try

screen -aAxR -S x

-x is the option that does what you want.

answered Mar 27 '12 at 22:33

jw013

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score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '12 at 06:46

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I'm personally a fan of:

$ screen -rxU

-r resumes a detached screen session -x resumes a not-detached screen session -U tells the terminal to use UTF-8 encoding (which I use exclusively)

answered Mar 28 '12 at 06:46

rwc

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score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 11 '17 at 15:30

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screen -x SCREEN_NAME

From GNU Screen man page:

-x Attach to a not detached screen session. (Multi display mode).

edited Jan 11 '17 at 15:30

Emeric

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answered Jan 11 '17 at 15:08

Dragooo

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 06 '16 at 14:37

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I stumbled upon this now, 4 years later.

There is an alternative perfect for what this question requires:

tmux to start a new session, and to attach to it use tmux attach

If there are more than one session, use tmux attach -t SESSION_NAME which is available through tmux ls or bottom of the screen.

answered Apr 06 '16 at 14:37

MCSH

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Why the downvote? – MCSH Oct 06 '19 at 00:54

Attach multiple times to a single screen session

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