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Screen

Start a screen​

screen -S <name> <command>

Pass -dm to start in detached mode.

Stuff text into a session​

The ^M will be replaced with a newline.

screen -S <name> -p 0 -X stuff "some command^M"

Attach and detach​

Attach to a session​

screen -r <name>

Detach with a shortcut​

Press Ctrl + A, then D

Detach from outside​

screen -dmS <name>