How do you start Unix screen command with a command?

Question

According to the docs for the Unix \"screen\" command, you can configure it in .screenrc to start with a bunch of default screens, each running a command that you specify.

Answer 1

Try this:

$ screen -S 'tailf messages' -d -m tailf /var/log/messages

Then later you can do:

$ screen -ls
1234.tailf messages

Followed by:

$screen -r 1234