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I ssh into an ubuntu machine from a MAC. I have some screens running on the ubuntu machine. I attach to a screen using screen -r <name of screen> command. How do I look at the output of previous commands I have run on the screen? For example, when I use the scroll bar, I do not see the previous output.

Following are what I have tried so far -

  1. Cmd + A, :scrollback 1000

  2. Cmd + A, ESC, Up Arrow

  3. Created ~/.screenrc file and added

    shell "/usr/bin/bash"
termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@

  4. Cmd + A, Cmd + F to search for previous outputs. This worked but it only searched in text that was on the screen. I need to search for previous text that is not visible on the screen.

testxyz
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    Does this answer your question? [Scroll inside Screen, or Pause Output](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/40242/scroll-inside-screen-or-pause-output) – Pixelated Fish Dec 02 '20 at 02:25
  • It's not Cmd you should be using, but Ctrl – roaima Dec 04 '20 at 16:44
  • @roaima I am on a MAC connecting to a remote ubuntu server. That is why I am using `CMD`. – testxyz Dec 04 '20 at 20:39
  • I've just rechecked. Standard Mac `Terminal` and then `ssh remoteSystem` and then attaching with `screen -r`. It's definitely _not_ Cmd that you should be using, but the standard `screen` keys. So [Ctrl A] [Esc] and then `↑` (up), `↓` (down), `/` (search), etc. – roaima Dec 04 '20 at 21:17

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