bash screen title usage (screen -t “something”)

Question

I was working with screen lately and wanted to use the -t option for it. What's the point of the-t option if the title of the screen does not show anywhere like when using -list or within the screen when it's attached?

There is a command CTRL-A double-quote(") to see all active screens, and then it shows the title, but that does not really do the job, because I have to have the screen attached already. I want to read out the title BEFORE attaching any screens, to attach the right one in the first place.

Is there a method to use -t in a convenient way?

Edit: There is one method: ctrl-a " and then ctrl-a {numberofscreen}. I guess that's the best way to use the screen titles?

Edit2: It seems I was using screen incorrectly. I mixed up windows with instances of screen. Better usage (for me): use the same screen (with screen -r) and create windows within, which I then can name and list using one of the several methods. To sum it up: The title -t is not the screen title, but the WINDOW title. Thank you for the discussion!

Edit3: I just found out: The names which are shown in screen -list are the Session names. The command would be screen -S "sessionname" .

Answer 1

Ctl-a w will show a list of all the screens at the bottom of the window, with the titles you assigned in place of the command.

Answer 2

If I'm understanding you correctly,

1) "-t" is merely a convenience to allow you to more easily identify screens you've created. It's entirely optional.

2) You can see what screens you've created (including their "-t" titles) with screen -ls.

Here are a couple of tutorials:

• http://www.rackaid.com/resources/linux-screen-tutorial-and-how-to/

• http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6340