screen - move cursor to beginning of line

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In bash I can usually move the cursor to the beginning of the line using CTRL+a.

In screen, CTRL+a is being used for the special screen-commands.

How can I a) use another key-combination for the screen-commands or b) use another combination to move the cursor to the beginning of the line?

Zulakis

Posted 2013-07-02T20:15:38.957

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Answers

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To send a Ctrl-A to your application, i.e. bash, from within screen, type

Ctrl-A a

garyjohn

Posted 2013-07-02T20:15:38.957

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How do you do this in a tcsh screen session? When I try your suggestion, it just beeps. – hepcat72 – 2019-11-13T16:28:44.957

Perfect! Going to use this. – Zulakis – 2013-07-02T20:32:40.473

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