Use screen to execute command from commandline

Question

Is there a way wherein we can start a screen, execute a command and detach it without actually entering into the screen? something like

screen -[some option] [command tobe executed]

I need this because i have about 100 files that each have different input files and i need to run each on a screen and if the above is possible all i need to do is create a shell script..

Is there an option in screen that would let me do this?

Answer 1

You can run screen in detached mode by using the -d -m option, eg.

screen -d -m some_cmd

Answer 2

Try tmux (http://tmux.sourceforge.net/). It is much more suited to be used in this manner. Screen is optimized for interactive usage.