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

Here's how I'd do it.

screen -t shell_0
chdir ~/project/contactdb
screen -t autotest autotest

The above appears to be evaluated procedurally by screen. First we establish a new screen with the title shell_0. Since we gave no other options, current working directory will be that of the parent shell or the user's home directory. We then set the default directory for new screens to ~/project/contactdb. Next, we establish a new screen running the autotest command.

Window number (n) is optional, I generally omit it.