Use the Screen Command to Recover your SSH Session

What do you do if you lose your SSH connection to a server and you want to open the same session to continue the work your were doing? You use the command screen. Screen is usually pre-installed in modern Linux distros, but if it’s not you can install it using sudo apt install screen. Using screen Start the session you don’t want to lose: screen -S session_name Now you have a session where you can work and come back if your connecton is lost....

June 13, 2022