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This happens to me all the time. What I actually want to do is "Ctrl+A, Shift+|". But instead, I accidently hit "Ctrl+A, Shift+C". And it brings me to a new instance of screen.

But there are some output on my last screen which I would like to reference later. Wonder how to get back to it?

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  • Are you talking about the Screen package? – ADDB May 30 '17 at 17:47
  • Yes, I am talking about it. I usually use it to split my screen in one terminal or detached it at work while running big tests and reattach from my laptop to see the output when I got home. – CodingFanSteve May 30 '17 at 21:50
  • Ctrl + a + d would be the shortcut for detach and Ctrl + d to close a screen – ADDB May 30 '17 at 21:52
  • I use Ctrl + a + d command sometimes. But my problem is, if I accidentally hit Ctrl+a+c, how to go back to the screen instance which just gone. That is just a mistake and I want to go back to the last sceen. – CodingFanSteve May 30 '17 at 22:27
  • Ctrl+A, Shift+C does clear the screen while Ctrl+A, C opens a new window. What have you done actually? – Melebius Feb 01 '18 at 11:13

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You can always use

screen -ls

to list all opened screens with their PID, and then you can just type

screen -r PID

to switch into that screen. For more information use 

man screen
ADDB
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