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+`screen` is a unix utility that lets you manage multiple shells from within a single window. You switch between them with a few keystrokes. When you disconnect it keeps the processes alive, and you can reconnect from another login.
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+It's pretty handy. [[tmux]] does a similar set of things.
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+tutorials exist for screen, (but I don't know where they are yet).
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