How do I get out of 'screen' without typing 'exit'?
I screen -r'd into a Django server that's running and I can't simply Ctrl + C and exit out of it.
Are there any alternative ways to get out of screen?
Currently, I manually close the tab on my local PC and ssh back in, but that's becoming tiresome.
Solution 1:
Ctrl-a d or Ctrl-a Ctrl-d. See the screen manual # Detach.
Solution 2:
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Ctrl + A, Ctrl + \ - Exit screen and terminate all programs in this screen. It is helpful, for example, if you need to close a tty connection.
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Ctrl + D, D or - Ctrl + A, Ctrl + D - "minimize" screen and
screen -rto restore it.
Solution 3:
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Ctrl + A and then Ctrl+D. Doing this will detach you from the
screensession which you can later resume by doingscreen -r. -
You can also do: Ctrl+A then type :. This will put you in screen command mode. Type the command
detachto be detached from the running screen session.
Solution 4:
Ctrl+a followed by k will "kill" the current screen session.
Solution 5:
In addition to the previous answers, you can also do Ctrl + A, and then enter colon (:), and you will notice a little input box at the bottom left. Type 'quit' and Enter to leave the current screen session. Note that this will remove your screen session.
Ctrl + A and then K will only kill the current window in the current session, not the whole session. A screen session consists of windows, which can be created using subsequent Ctrl + A followed by C. These windows can be viewed in a list using Ctrl + A + ".