Bash – Attach to existing screen session, but new window

bashgnu-screenshell

So I have a screen session running on one terminal/machine
I would like to write a script that would attach to that screen session on another machine, but to a new window in that screen.

Does anyone know how I can do this? I feel like it might have somethig to do with screen -x (session name) -p (window number)…if i put "-" as the window number, it goes to a blank screen, but I want a fresh window.

EDIT: Not really looking for a solution anymore myself, a neat tool called "tmux" replaces screen and makes this all trivial.

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Here is the answer:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10599769/attach-to-screen-session-with-creating-a-new-screen-window

I was looking for the same thing

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Tmux equivalent of “screen -D -R”

Yes:

$ tmux attach -d || tmux new

-d is necessary to behave like screen -D, ie, detach everybody else.

Connect by ssh, then attach or create could be something like:

$ cat bin/stmux
#!/bin/sh
exec ssh -t $@ 'tmux attach -d || tmux new'

$ stmux my.remote.box

Bash – How to attach gnu screen without knowing tty number

Because I am the only one connecting to my screen sessions, and sometimes I want more than one console connected (a la multi display mode) to a session at a time, I use the -x switch.

# screen -S hosts
# screen -ls
  There is a screen on:
      12828.hosts     (Detached)
  1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-uther.
# screen -x hosts

From man 1 screen

   -x   Attach  to a not detached screen session. 
       (Multi display mode).Screen refuses to attach 
       from within itself.  But when cascading multiple 
       screens, loops are  not  detected; take care.

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Tmux equivalent of “screen -D -R”

Bash – How to attach gnu screen without knowing tty number

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