GNU screen notes
Look through scrollback, which includes pressing slash to search, and space- scrolling-space to select text.
CTRL+a, [
To escape viewing scrollback, press ESC. Paste what you had selected from scrollback:
CTRL+a, ]
Detach from a screen inside a screen session, courtesy of a user named chaos on Unix StackExchange.
CTRL+a, a, d
List help:
CTRL+a, ?
Split current session into two windows, switch to second window, and start new shell session in that window.
CTRL+a, |
CTRL+a, TAB
CTRL+a, c
I had some trouble running my "set -o vi" ESC commands in bash when inside a screen (or inside a screen inside a screen), but I found that pressing SHIFT with ESC made it recognize the ESC key more often.
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