Help with screen comand

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 09:45 -0500, stan wrote:
> I have used the screen command in the past, but it has been quite a
> while.
> [...]
> I get no response to the CTRL A keystroke. Should this not put me in
> the command prompt (: at the bottom of the screen?

Screen uses CTL-A as the command key and it is always followed by the
actual command, e.g. CTL-A then '?' to see key bindings.

I vaguely remember some serial comms program that did work somewhat as
you describe - was it minicom?

Regards, K.
 
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