en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/689601 Comments by Brian_Arita http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/10/09/screenrc/#IDComment39157008 I use this hard status because frequently I have a lot of windows open. I added comments for clarity # Output green [] with the hostname colored brown in the middle # %{= kG}[ %{y}%H %{g}] # Output a [ thats green # [ # Leave a gap for the hostname # %15= # Mark that spot for truncation # %> # Print all the other windows prior to the current one up to 40% width # %-Lw%40> # Print out a red ( # %{r}( # Print out White Bold Text Of the Window Number, a *, flags, title # %{W}%n*%f %t # Print out other users on that screen (if some exist) # %?(%u)%? # Print out a red ) and then switch back to green # %{r})%{g} # Print out all the other windows after the current one # %+Lw # Leave some room on the end for the date and time and mark that as the other truncation point # %-22< # Print the closing bracket, the opening bracket for the final section, a cyan marker, the date and time, and a green ] # ][%{c} %Y-%m-%d %c %{g}] hardstatus alwayslastline '%{= kG}[ %{y}%H %{g}][%15= %>%-Lw%40>%{r}(%{W}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{g}%+Lw%-22< ][%{c} %Y-%m-%d %c %{g}]' Another nice thing is to use this: bind e stuff 'echo -en "\\ekU@H\\e\\\\"|sed -e "s/H/`hostname`/" -e "s/U/`whoami`/"' So that when you ssh into a new computer you can have the title of the screen be User@hostname If you use vim to edit your screenrc file you can press Ctrl+v ctrl+m before the last ' on the echo command, then a return key will be added to that command. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:47:35 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/10/09/screenrc/#IDComment39157008