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Asked: 2026-06-01T04:55:32+00:00

I have been trying to write a custom .screenrc file TEST as follows startup_message

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I have been trying to write a custom .screenrc file TEST as follows

startup_message off
vbell off
caption always "%{= bb}%{+b w}%n %h %=%t %c"
hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
activity "Activity in %t(%n)"
shell -/bin/bash
chdir /path1
screen -t WINDOW1 bash -c 'MYSCRIPT1'
chdir /path2
screen -r WINDOW1 bash -c 'MYSCRIPT2'

I am running this script as follows 

screen -c TEST

What I am trying to achieve is execute a screen command that spawns two windows in two different directory paths and in each of them two different commands/scripts should be run.

but using this code my screen immediately terminates which is the default behavior.

I want that screen windows should not be terminated rather they should come back to the directory path1 directory path2 respectively once the command terminates in each of these screen windows.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I resolved this as follows. Written a startup script called STARTSCRIPT with below content

    screen -d -m -S SESSIONNAME

screen -X -S SESSIONNAME -p 0 -t WINDOW0
screen -X -S SESSIONNAME screen -t WINDOW1 1

echo "Trying to start memcached...."
screen -X -S SESSIONNAME -p 1 stuff "memcached
"
echo 'Memcached started....'

echo "Trying to start MYSCRIPT1...."
screen -X -S SESSIONNAME screen -t MYSCRIPT1 2
screen -X -S SESSIONNAME -p 2 stuff "cd /path1; ./MYSCRIPT1
"
echo 'MYSCRIPT1 started....'

echo "Trying to start MYSCRIPT2...."
screen -X -S SESSIONNAME screen -t MYSCRIPT2 3
screen -X -S SESSIONNAME -p 3 stuff "cd /path2; ./MYSCRIPT2
"
echo 'MYSCRIPT2 started....'

    It is important to note double quotes(“) on the next line of the command, without it command will not execute.

    Also I moved screen hard status settings to its own ~/.screenrc file so that every screen window created looks like a tab inside screen session.

    startup_message off
vbell off
caption always "%{= bb}%{+b w}%n %h %=%t %c"
hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
activity "Activity in %t(%n)"
shell -/bin/bash

    I executed the STARTSCRIPT as follows

    $./STARTSCRIPT

    It gave me the desired output of running commands in their own screen window and these window do not terminate even after the command finishes.

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