Kill detached screen session

Asked 2009-10-02T13:58:13.630

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I learned from somewhere a detached screen can be killed by

screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] kill

where [session # you want to kill] can be gotten from

screen -ls

But this doesn't work. Anything wrong? What's the correct way?

linux kill gnu-screen

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2 Answers

To kill all detached screen sessions, include this function in your .bash_profile:

killd () {
for session in $(screen -ls | grep -o '[0-9]\{5\}')
do
screen -S "${session}" -X quit;
done
}

to run it, call killd

answered 2013-01-21T21:02:52.163

Alternatively, while in your screen session all you have to do is type exit

This will kill the shell session initiated by the screen, which effectively terminates the screen session you are on.

No need to bother with screen session id, etc.

answered 2012-03-02T11:21:37.540