How to list running screen sessions?

Question

I have a bunch of servers, on which I run experiments using screen. The procedure is the following :

1. ssh to server XXX
2. launc

Answer 1

In most cases a screen -RRx $username/ will suffice :)

If you still want to list all screens then put the following script in your path and call it screen or whatever you like:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ "$1" != "-ls-all" ]]; then
    exec /usr/bin/screen "$@"
else
    shopt -s nullglob
    screens=(/var/run/screen/S-*/*)
    if (( ${#screens[@]} == 0 )); then
        echo "no screen session found in /var/run/screen"
    else
        echo "${screens[@]#*S-}"
    fi
fi

It will behave exactly like screen except for showing all screen sessions, when giving the option -ls-all as first parameter.