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how to include screen's session name in hardstatus?

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Mar 15, 202610442 views
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Problem

I use different screen sessions for different projects. Starting screen like . Now, I'd like to mention 'project1' in hardstatus line. Session name can be obtained from environment variable STY: . But how to get this into screen? I've tried backtick command and %` in hardstatus, but I can't seem to…

Error Output

hardstatus string '%H:%`'
backtick 0 30 30 echo $STY

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You can include this string (with additional information, if desired) in your : inside single quotes in order to delay evaluation of the variable. Then add this to your : Unfortunately, doesn't set in the environment of the commands it spawns for th…

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