Introduction When screen is called, it creates a single window with a  shell  in  it and then gets out of your way so that you can use the program as you normally would.  Then, at any time, you  can create new windows with other programs in them (including more shells), kill existing windows, view a list of windows, turn  output  logging  on and off, copy-and-paste text between windows, view the scroll back history, switch between windows in ...