Screen Basics - Commands List screen sessions: $ screen -ls There is a screen on: 9020.ttyp0.thinkpad (Attached) 17938.foo (Detached) 29945.ttyp9.thinkpad (Detached) 3 Sockets in /tmp/uscreens/S-mike. Reattach to an existing session: $ screen -r 29945 (reconnect to detached session with pid 29945) $ screen -r foo (reconnect to detached session named "foo") $ screen -dr 9020 (reconnect to attached session with pid 9020)