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How do you run a gnu screen within a gnu screen?

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Mar 15, 20268211 views
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Is it possible to run a gnu screen within a gnu screen? I'm not sure how the key bindings would work. I need to log into a server that is already running a screen session, from a local screen session.

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You just hit ctrl-a followed by an a to actually send the ctrl-a to the nested screen instance.

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