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Ubuntu - Screen - Customize Screen

When screen is started, it reads its configuration parameters from /etc/screenrc and ~/.screenrc if the file is present.

Modify the default Screen settings

This adds a customized status line and few additional options:

<file bash ~/.screenrc> # Turn off the welcome message. startup_message off

# Disable visual bell. vbell off

# Set scrollback buffer to 10000. defscrollback 10000

# Customize the status line. hardstatus alwayslastline hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B} %m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]' </code>