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Use GNU screen as login "shell"

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Mar 15, 202612722 views
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What's the best way to have screen automatically run when you open a new shell, whether by login, xterm, or anything else? I see the most common recommendation is to put in your regular shell's rc or login/profile file, but for, for example, tcsh, login shells run .login last, while non-login shell…

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Fix for: Use GNU screen as login "shell"

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One way is: Note that this is written for , but should be similar for too. Put it to to be executed for all shells. Another way: You can simply set as your login shell in itself, and put this line to your : (Fix the path, of course.) But this may br…

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