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= Accessing a running program or working with others interactively =

* If you just run a job and then close down the terminal you ran it from, normally the job will be terminated.
* It would be nice to be able to leave a long job running and be able to log out and then log back in again to see how it is progressing.
* though there are some simple ways to do this, working with the screen program is the real answer.
* It is a poorly named and somewhat invisible program, but which has somethat can be very useful
* Serves to offer multiple command-lines instead of just one
* Similar in this way to tab in a webrowser

== Exercises ==
Type:
screen
Then:
* <code>ctrl+l, n</code>: cycle through screen windows
* <code>ctrl+l, :hardcopy RET</code>: create a file with a copy of all inputs and outputs of your session.
* <code>ctrl+l, d</code>: detach screen session
* type <code>screen -r</code> to recover a detached
* type exit to get out of your screen sessions

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