Gnu Screen .screenrc tricks

Here’s a variety of tricks I’ve picked up for Gnu screen and .screenrc from the Screen Users Email List

• to have a screen change to a different directory when launched, use the chdir command (not cd):

chdir $HOME/rails
screen -t "rails"

• to change back to a particular screen, after creating a whole lot in .screenrc, and preset the ‘other’ screen:

select 3 (for example)
select 5

• to search backwards in scrollback mode – ?. You can also search forwards with /, but that’s less useful. See samsarin.com for a good explanation of scrollback mode.