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`acladd USERNAMES'
     Allow other users in this session.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`aclchg USERNAMES PERMBITS LIST'
     Change a user's permissions.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`acldel USERNAME'
     Disallow other user in this session.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`aclgrp USRNAME [GROUPNAME]'
     Inherit permissions granted to a group leader. Note: Multiuser
     Session.

`aclumask [USERS]+/-BITS ...'
     Predefine access to new windows. Note: Umask.

`activity MESSAGE'
     Set the activity notification message.  Note: Monitor.

`addacl USERNAMES'
     Synonym to `acladd'.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`allpartial STATE'
     Set all windows to partial refresh.  Note: Redisplay.

`at [IDENT][#|*|%] COMMAND [ARGS]'
     Execute a command at other displays or windows.  Note: At.

`attrcolor ATTRIB [ATTRIBUTE/COLOR-MODIFIER]'
     Map attributes to colors.  Note: Attrcolor.

`autodetach STATE'
     Automatically detach the session on SIGHUP.  Note: Detach.

`autonuke STATE'
     Enable a clear screen to discard unwritten output.  Note:
     Autonuke.

`bce [STATE]'
     Change background color erase.  Note: Character Processing.

`bell_msg [MESSAGE]'
     Set the bell notification message.  Note: Bell.

`bind [-c CLASS] KEY [COMMAND [ARGS]]'
     Bind a command to a key.  Note: Bind.

`bindkey [OPTS] [STRING [CMD ARGS]]'
     Bind a string to a series of keystrokes. Note: Bindkey.

`break [DURATION]'
     Send a break signal to the current window.  Note: Break.

`breaktype [TCSENDBREAK | TCSBRK | TIOCSBRK]'
     Specify how to generate breaks.  Note: Break.

`bufferfile [EXCHANGE-FILE]'
     Select a file for screen-exchange.  Note: Screen Exchange.

`c1 [STATE]'
     Change c1 code processing.  Note: Character Processing.

`caption MODE [STRING]'
     Change caption mode and string.  Note: Regions.

`chacl USERNAMES PERMBITS LIST'
     Synonym to `aclchg'. Note: Multiuser Session.

`charset SET'
     Change character set slot designation.  Note: Character
     Processing.

`chdir [DIRECTORY]'
     Change the current directory for future windows.  Note: Chdir.

`clear'
     Clear the window screen.  Note: Clear.

`colon'
     Enter a `screen' command.  Note: Colon.

`command [-c CLASS]'
     Simulate the screen escape key.  Note: Command Character.

`compacthist [STATE]'
     Selects compaction of trailing empty lines.  Note: Scrollback.

`console [STATE]'
     Grab or ungrab console output.  Note: Console.

`copy'
     Enter copy mode.  Note: Copy.

`copy_reg [KEY]'
     Removed. Use `paste' instead.  Note: Registers.

`crlf STATE'
     Select line break behavior for copying.  Note: Line Termination.

`debug STATE'
     Suppress/allow debugging output.  Note: Debug.

`defautonuke STATE'
     Select default autonuke behavior.  Note: Autonuke.

`defbce STATE'
     Select background color erase.  Note: Character Processing.

`defbreaktype [TCSENDBREAK | TCSBRK | TIOCSBRK]'
     Specify the default for generating breaks.  Note: Break.

`defc1 STATE'
     Select default c1 processing behavior.  Note: Character
     Processing.

`defcharset [SET]'
     Change defaul character set slot designation.  Note: Character
     Processing.

`defencoding ENC'
     Select default window encoding.  Note: Character Processing.

`defescape XY'
     Set the default command and `meta' characters.  Note: Command
     Character.

`defflow FSTATE'
     Select default flow control behavior.  Note: Flow.

`defgr STATE'
     Select default GR processing behavior.  Note: Character
     Processing.

`defhstatus [STATUS]'
     Select default window hardstatus line.  Note: Hardstatus.

`deflog STATE'
     Select default window logging behavior.  Note: Log.

`deflogin STATE'
     Select default utmp logging behavior.  Note: Login.

`defmode MODE'
     Select default file mode for ptys.  Note: Mode.

`defmonitor STATE'
     Select default activity monitoring behavior.  Note: Monitor.

`defobuflimit LIMIT'
     Select default output buffer limit.  Note: Obuflimit.

`defscrollback NUM'
     Set default lines of scrollback.  Note: Scrollback.

`defshell COMMAND'
     Set the default program for new windows.  Note: Shell.

`defsilence STATE'
     Select default idle monitoring behavior.  Note: Silence.

`defslowpaste MSEC'
     Select the default inter-character timeout when pasting.  Note:
     Paste.

`defutf8 STATE'
     Select default character encoding.  Note: Character Processing.

`defwrap STATE'
     Set default line-wrapping behavior.  Note: Wrap.

`defwritelock ON|OFF|AUTO'
     Set default writelock behavior.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`defzombie [KEYS]'
     Keep dead windows.  Note: Zombie.

`detach [-h]'
     Disconnect `screen' from the terminal.  Note: Detach.

`digraph'
     Enter digraph sequence.  Note: Digraph.

`dinfo'
     Display terminal information.  Note: Info.

`displays'
     List currently active user interfaces. Note: Displays.

`dumptermcap'
     Write the window's termcap entry to a file.  Note: Dump Termcap.

`echo [-n] MESSAGE'
     Display a message on startup.  Note: Startup.

`encoding ENC [DENC]'
     Set the encoding of a window.  Note: Character Processing.

`escape XY'
     Set the command and `meta' characters.  Note: Command Character.

`eval COMMAND1 [COMMAND2 ...]'
     Parse and execute each argument. Note: Eval.

`exec [[FDPAT] COMMAND [ARGS ...]]'
     Run a subprocess (filter).  Note: Exec.

`fit'
     Change window size to current display size.  Note: Window Size.

`flow [FSTATE]'
     Set flow control behavior.  Note: Flow.

`focus'
     Move focus to next region.  Note: Regions.

`gr [STATE]'
     Change GR charset processing.  Note: Character Processing.

`hardcopy [-h] [FILE]'
     Write out the contents of the current window.  Note: Hardcopy.

`hardcopy_append STATE'
     Append to hardcopy files.  Note: Hardcopy.

`hardcopydir DIRECTORY'
     Place, where to dump hardcopy files.  Note: Hardcopy.

`hardstatus [STATE]'
     Use the hardware status line.  Note: Hardware Status Line.

`height [LINES [COLS]]'
     Set display height.  Note: Window Size.

`help [-c CLASS]'
     Display current key bindings.  Note: Help.

`history'
     Find previous command beginning ....  Note: History.

`hstatus STATUS'
     Change the window's hardstatus line.  Note: Hardstatus.

`ignorecase [STATE]'
     Ignore character case in searches.  Note: Searching.

`info'
     Display window settings.  Note: Info.

`ins_reg [KEY]'
     Removed, use `paste' instead.  Note: Registers.

`kill'
     Destroy the current window.  Note: Kill.

`lastmsg'
     Redisplay the last message.  Note: Last Message.

`license'
     Display licensing information.  Note: Startup.

`lockscreen'
     Lock the controlling terminal.  Note: Lock.

`log [STATE]'
     Log all output in the current window.  Note: Log.

`logfile FILENAME'
     Place where to collect logfiles.  Note: Log.

`login [STATE]'
     Log the window in `/var/run/utmp'.  Note: Login.

`logtstamp [STATE]'
     Configure logfile time-stamps.  Note: Log.

`mapdefault'
     Use only the default mapping table for the next keystroke.  Note:
     Bindkey Control.

`mapnotnext'
     Don't try to do keymapping on the next keystroke.  Note: Bindkey
     Control.

`maptimeout TIMO'
     Set the inter-character timeout used for keymapping. Note: Bindkey
     Control.

`markkeys STRING'
     Rebind keys in copy mode.  Note: Copy Mode Keys.

`meta'
     Insert the command character.  Note: Command Character.

`monitor [STATE]'
     Monitor activity in window.  Note: Monitor.

`msgminwait SEC'
     Set minimum message wait.  Note: Message Wait.

`msgwait SEC'
     Set default message wait.  Note: Message Wait.

`multiuser STATE'
     Go into single or multi user mode. Note: Multiuser Session.

`nethack STATE'
     Use `nethack'-like error messages.  Note: Nethack.

`next'
     Switch to the next window.  Note: Selecting.

`nonblock STATE'
     Disable flow control to the current display. Note: Nonblock.

`number [N]'
     Change/display the current window's number.  Note: Number.

`obuflimit [LIMIT]'
     Select output buffer limit.  Note: Obuflimit.

`only'
     Kill all other regions.  Note: Regions.

`other'
     Switch to the window you were in last.  Note: Selecting.

`partial STATE'
     Set window to partial refresh.  Note: Redisplay.

`password [CRYPTED_PW]'
     Set reattach password.  Note: Detach.

`paste [SRC_REGS [DEST_REG]]'
     Paste contents of paste buffer or registers somewhere.  Note:
     Paste.

`pastefont [STATE]'
     Include font information in the paste buffer.  Note: Paste.

`pow_break'
     Close and Reopen the window's terminal.  Note: Break.

`pow_detach'
     Detach and hang up.  Note: Power Detach.

`pow_detach_msg [MESSAGE]'
     Set message displayed on `pow_detach'.  Note: Power Detach.

`prev'
     Switch to the previous window.  Note: Selecting.

`printcmd [CMD]'
     Set a command for VT100 printer port emulation.  Note: Printcmd.

`process [KEY]'
     Treat a register as input to `screen'.  Note: Registers.

`quit'
     Kill all windows and exit.  Note: Quit.

`readbuf [-e ENCODING] [FILENAME]'
     Read the paste buffer from the screen-exchange file.  Note: Screen
     Exchange.

`readreg [-e ENCODING] [REG [FILE]]'
     Load a register from paste buffer or file.  Note: Registers.

`redisplay'
     Redisplay the current window.  Note: Redisplay.

`register [-e ENCODING] KEY STRING'
     Store a string to a register.  Note: Registers.

`remove'
     Kill current region.  Note: Regions.

`removebuf'
     Delete the screen-exchange file.  Note: Screen Exchange.

`reset'
     Reset the terminal settings for the window.  Note: Reset.

`resize [(+/-)lines]'
     Grow or shrink a region

`screen [OPTS] [N] [CMD [ARGS]]'
     Create a new window.  Note: Screen Command.

`scrollback NUM'
     Set size of scrollback buffer.  Note: Scrollback.

`select [N]'
     Switch to a specified window.  Note: Selecting.

`sessionname [NAME]'
     Name this session.  Note: Session Name.

`setenv [VAR [STRING]]'
     Set an environment variable for new windows.  Note: Setenv.

`setsid STATE'
     Controll process group creation for windows.  Note: Setsid.

`shell COMMAND'
     Set the default program for new windows.  Note: Shell.

`shelltitle TITLE'
     Set the default name for new windows.  Note: Shell.

`silence [STATE|SECONDS]'
     Monitor a window for inactivity.  Note: Silence.

`silencewait SECONDS'
     Default timeout to trigger an inactivity notify.  Note: Silence.

`sleep NUM'
     Pause during startup.  Note: Startup.

`slowpaste MSEC'
     Slow down pasting in windows.  Note: Paste.

`source FILE'
     Run commands from a file.  Note: Source.

`sorendition [ATTR [COLOR]]'
     Change text highlighting.  Note: Sorendition.

`split'
     Split region into two parts.  Note: Regions.

`startup_message STATE'
     Display copyright notice on startup.  Note: Startup.

`stuff STRING'
     Stuff a string in the input buffer of a window.  Note: Paste.

`su [USERNAME [PASSWORD [PASSWORD2]]]'
     Identify a user. Note: Multiuser Session.

`suspend'
     Put session in background.  Note: Suspend.

`term TERM'
     Set `$TERM' for new windows.  Note: Term.

`termcap TERM TERMINAL-TWEAKS [WINDOW-TWEAKS]'
     Tweak termcap entries for best performance.  Note: Termcap
     Syntax.

`terminfo TERM TERMINAL-TWEAKS [WINDOW-TWEAKS]'
     Ditto, for terminfo systems.  Note: Termcap Syntax.

`termcapinfo TERM TERMINAL-TWEAKS [WINDOW-TWEAKS]'
     Ditto, for both systems.  Note: Termcap Syntax.

`time [STRING]'
     Display time and load average.  Note: Time.

`title [WINDOWTITLE]'
     Set the name of the current window.  Note: Title Command.

`umask [USERS]+/-BITS ...'
     Synonym to `aclumask'. Note: Umask.

`unsetenv VAR'
     Unset environment variable for new windows.  Note: Setenv.

`utf8 [STATE [DSTATE]]'
     Select character encoding of the current window.  Note: Character
     Processing.

`vbell [STATE]'
     Use visual bell.  Note: Bell.

`vbell_msg [MESSAGE]'
     Set vbell message.  Note: Bell.

`vbellwait SEC'
     Set delay for vbell message.  Note: Bell.

`version'
     Display `screen' version.  Note: Version.

`wall MESSAGE'
     Write a message to all displays.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`width [COLS [LINES]]'
     Set the width of the window.  Note: Window Size.

`windowlist [-b] | string [STRING] | title [TITLE]'
     Present a list of all windows for selection.  Note: Windowlist.

`windows'
     List active windows.  Note: Windows.

`wrap [STATE]'
     Control line-wrap behavior.  Note: Wrap.

`writebuf [-e ENCODING] [FILENAME]'
     Write paste buffer to screen-exchange file.  Note: Screen
     Exchange.

`writelock ON|OFF|AUTO'
     Grant exclusive write permission.  Note: Multiuser Session.

`xoff'
     Send an XOFF character.  Note: XON/XOFF.

`xon'
     Send an XON character.  Note: XON/XOFF.

`zombie [KEYS]'
     Keep dead windows.  Note: Zombie.