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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:

~/.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}]'