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This question already has an answer here: How to escape a double quote inside double quotes? 8 answers I need to run a command with a syntax like this: runuser -l userNameHere -c '/path/to/command arg1 arg2' Unfortunately, I have to nest additional ' characters into the command itself and I can't tell bash to interpret these correctly. The command I would like to run is actually: runuser -l miner -c 'screen -S Mine -p 0 -X eval 'stuff "pwd"\015'' Unfortunately, bash seems to be hitting the second ' and puking. This is the error: -bash: screen -S Mine -p 0 -X eval stuff: No such file or

Problem Not solved although one answer was accepted: We are working to get Jonah's code to work. Problem: to change the code of (1) to (2) I know the thread . I want to be able to run the following code inside Screen Code (1) cat ~/.vimrc | pbcopy (1) Code (2) cat ~/.vimrc > /tmp/pbcopy.pipe (2) My attempt to solve the problem: to put the following code to .zshrc function pbcopy() { "(cat \"$1\")" > /tmp/pbcopy.pipe } I get cat masi | pbcopy pbcopy: command not found: (cat "") cat: masi: No such file or directory How can you use pbcopy inside Screen? Chas. Owens Alright, this is a screwy

How can I run a shell script and immediately background it, however keep the ability to inspect its output any time by tailing /tmp/output.txt It would be nice if I can foreground the process too later. PS It would be really cool if you can also show me how to "send" the backgrounded process in to a gnu screen that may or may not have been initialized. To 'background' a process when you start it Simply add an ampersand ( & ) after the command. If the program writes to standard out, it will still write to your console/terminal. To foreground the process, simply use the fg command. (You can see

When using screen in linux, how can I tell if I'm in a screen or not? I could do exit and I'll exit a screen if I was in one, but if I wasn't, then I'll end up closing my terminal. When doing screen -r , I could see if I have other screens attached, but how do I know if my current terminal is one of those attached screens? jho Check $STY . If it's null, you're on a "real" terminal. If it contains anything, it's the name of the screen you're in. If you are not in screen: eric@dev ~ $ echo $STY eric@dev ~ $ If you are in screen: eric@dev ~ $ echo $STY 2026.pts-0.ip-10-0-1-71 JJC Another way I've

i'm fairly new in *nix. Is there a way to create a screen, which will immediately execute a given command sequence (with their own arguments)? Two hours of googling yields nothing - perhaps because I can't clearly state the question. I hope for something like screen -dmS new_screen exec "cd /dir && java -version" I am using screen v4.00.03 and CentOS 5.5 (kernel ver. 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab079.2) The problem is that using the 'exec' screen command does not start a shell. 'cd' is a shell builtin, so you need a shell for it. Also, you need a shell that remains running so that screen does not

What do people think are not only the essential things you need to know about the excellent Screen utility but the things that you'd think worthwhile to teach someone, a beginner, from the ground up? I've just introduced a friend to Screen and they're having a hard time getting used to it. So analogies and handy tips for remembering binds etc. would be awesome. Greg Hewgill I've been using screen for over 10 years and probably use less than half the features. So it's definitely not necessary to learn all its features right away (and I wouldn't recommend trying). My day-to-day commands are: ^A