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1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 169 (from laksa096)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa169.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions.\n\nI learned from somewhere a detached screen can be killed by\n```\nscreen -X -S [session # you want to kill] kill\n```\nwhere \\[session \\# you want to kill\\] can be gotten from\n```\nscreen -ls\n```\nBut this doesn't work. Anything wrong? What's the correct way?\n\n- [linux](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/tagged\/linux \"show questions tagged 'linux'\")\n- [kill](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/tagged\/kill \"show questions tagged 'kill'\")\n- [gnu-screen](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/tagged\/gnu-screen \"show questions tagged 'gnu-screen'\")\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/q\/1509677 \"Short permalink to this question\")\n\nShare a link to this question\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 4.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0\")\n\n[edited Apr 13, 2019 at 18:49](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/posts\/1509677\/revisions \"show all edits to this post\")\n\n[![Benjamin W.'s user avatar](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/U0oyt.png?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3266847\/benjamin-w)\n\n[Benjamin W.](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3266847\/benjamin-w)\n\n53\\.8k1919 gold badges135135 silver badges136136 bronze badges\n\nasked Oct 2, 2009 at 13:58\n\n[![Tim's user avatar](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/3PCjR.png?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/156458\/tim)\n\n[Tim](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/156458\/tim)Tim\n\n101k152152 gold badges409409 silver badges651651 bronze badges\n\n5\n\n- 25\n  \"somewhere\" is not always a good source of information. Try \"man screen\".\n  \n  innaM\n  \n  – [innaM](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/7498\/innam \"48,029 reputation\")\n  \n  2009-10-02 14:08:22 +00:00\n  \n  [Commented Oct 2, 2009 at 14:08](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment1363457_1509677)\n- 27\n  The correct command is `screen -S sessionname -p 0 -X quit`\n  \n  jimmetry\n  \n  – [jimmetry](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1837729\/jimmetry \"2,239 reputation\")\n  \n  2013-08-29 02:27:23 +00:00\n  \n  [Commented Aug 29, 2013 at 2:27](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment27201964_1509677)\n- killall -\\# screen \\[\\# = number of screens you want to kill\\]\n  \n  CArnold\n  \n  – [CArnold](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2440216\/carnold \"535 reputation\")\n  \n  2014-08-29 14:14:13 +00:00\n  \n  [Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 14:14](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment39933376_1509677)\n- I simply use **exit**\n  \n  TPArrow\n  \n  – [TPArrow](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2682273\/tparrow \"1,624 reputation\")\n  \n  2018-02-16 13:15:02 +00:00\n  \n  [Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 13:15](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment84658793_1509677)\n- CTRL + D when in screen is the easiest command.\n  \n  Don King\n  \n  – [Don King](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3816940\/don-king \"301 reputation\")\n  \n  2019-03-28 17:50:31 +00:00\n  \n  [Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 17:50](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment97528470_1509677)\n\nComments disabled on deleted \/ locked posts \/ reviews  \\|\n\n## 11 Answers 11\nSorted by:\n\n[Reset to default](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top)\n\n1265\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\n\"kill\" will only kill one screen window. To \"kill\" the complete session, use `quit`.\n\n### Example\n```\n$ screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] quit\n```\nFor dead sessions use: \\$ screen -wipe\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/1509764 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 4.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0\")\n\n[edited Apr 16, 2019 at 19:41](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/posts\/1509764\/revisions \"show all edits to this post\")\n\n[![Community's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/-1\/community)\n\n[Community](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/-1\/community)Bot\n\n111 silver badge\n\nanswered Oct 2, 2009 at 14:10\n\n[![innaM's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa6a7a12f4cd03bc8c98fa8e9af9ad41?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/7498\/innam)\n\n[innaM](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/7498\/innam)innaM\n\n48k55 gold badges7272 silver badges8888 bronze badges\n\nSign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.\n\n## 7 Comments\nAdd a comment\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/YkgNt.png?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1005250\/mzalazar)\n\nmzalazar\n\n[mzalazar](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1005250\/mzalazar)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment20174571_1509764)\n\ntype 'exit' (without the quotes) in ubuntu :P\n\n2013-01-23T12:48:48.717Z+00:00\n\n112\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/e4EoH.jpg?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1365918\/kapad)\n\nkapad\n\n[kapad](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1365918\/kapad)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment26893631_1509764)\n\n`exit` works but needs to be typed into each screen that was opened. `quit` does not even work\n\n2013-08-19T22:35:41.353Z+00:00\n\n16\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2cf3a803933c9f46de975d4cafe0e202?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/516513\/eduard)\n\nEduard\n\n[Eduard](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/516513\/eduard)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment38071684_1509764)\n\n@kapad actually quit works if you write it inline -X -S pid\/sockname quit\n\n2014-07-04T15:24:22.38Z+00:00\n\n4\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1bc4a7838d45c1683fde25274bee54b?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1688206\/michel)\n\nMichel\n\n[Michel](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1688206\/michel)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment49124637_1509764)\n\non OSX entering `screen -X quit` on any terminal terminates all active sessions\n\n2015-05-29T09:07:31.89Z+00:00\n\n20\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-1GIUiACSj5c\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAACM\/fFVxA5hoOLg\/s48-rj\/photo.jpg)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/8735388\/yi-xin)\n\nYi Xin\n\n[Yi Xin](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/8735388\/yi-xin)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment82309674_1509764)\n\nCtrl + D also works\n\n2017-12-06T13:28:04.4Z+00:00\n\n5\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\nAdd a comment\n\n\\|\n\nShow 2 more comments\n\n497\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\nYou can kill a detached session which is not responding within the screen session by doing the following.\n\n1. Type `screen -list` to identify the detached screen session.\n   ```\n   ~$ screen -list  \n    There are screens on:  \n         20751.Melvin_Peter_V42  (Detached)\n   ```\n   Note: `20751.Melvin_Peter_V42` is your session id.\n2. Get attached to the detached screen session\n   ```\n   screen -r 20751.Melvin_Peter_V42\n   ```\n3. 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Peter](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/278417\/melvin-peter)Melvin Peter\n\n4,97922 gold badges1717 silver badges44 bronze badges\n\n## 4 Comments\nAdd a comment\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/182ec4df5cfc9285908e29aaa0273812?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/395804\/gal-bracha)\n\nGal Bracha\n\n[Gal Bracha](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/395804\/gal-bracha)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment25524677_2308595)\n\nyou can just use screen -r 20751 without the full name\n\n2013-07-09T12:47:38.38Z+00:00\n\n20\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/Iceaj.jpg?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1297812\/laffuste)\n\nlaffuste\n\n[laffuste](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1297812\/laffuste)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment29772450_2308595)\n\nor: Ctrl + a, k\n\n2013-11-15T08:40:22.427Z+00:00\n\n53\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/U7HAo.png?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3604745\/hack-r)\n\nHack-R\n\n[Hack-R](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3604745\/hack-r)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment46557632_2308595)\n\n@laffuste 's comment worked for me, but `quit` and `:quit` lead to `command not found` on my remote Linux server (perhaps differences between versions of the OS or screen are to blame)\n\n2015-03-20T15:05:25.36Z+00:00\n\n0\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-OxQOfR4_obk\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAABf8\/cUEK_5Uah-k\/s48-rj\/photo.jpg)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3364687\/pkapka)\n\npkapka\n\n[pkapka](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3364687\/pkapka)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment70458698_2308595)\n\nonce attached to the screen, `exit` also works\n\n2017-01-13T07:17:52.513Z+00:00\n\n0\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\nAdd a comment\n\n145\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\n**List screens:**\n```\nscreen -list\n```\n**Output:**\n```\nThere is a screen on:\n23536.pts-0.wdzee       (10\/04\/2012 08:40:45 AM)        (Detached)\n1 Socket in \/var\/run\/screen\/S-root.\n```\n**Kill screen session:**\n```\nscreen -S 23536 -X quit\n```\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/12727736 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 3.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0\")\n\n[edited Jan 10, 2013 at 12:43](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/posts\/12727736\/revisions \"show all edits to this post\")\n\n[![13ren's user 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ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment68656386_12727736)\n\n'screen -ls' also works. ;)\n\n2016-11-21T07:00:00.19Z+00:00\n\n1\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n113\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\nIt's easier to kill a session, when some meaningful name is given:\n```\n\/\/Creation:\nscreen -S some_name proc\n\/\/ Kill detached session\nscreen -S some_name -X quit\n```\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/3830781 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 2.5](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 2.5\")\n\nanswered Sep 30, 2010 at 13:09\n\n[![Hitman\\_99's user 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Thank You\\!\n\n2018-07-09T18:29:18.043Z+00:00\n\n1\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n43\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\nYou can just go to the place where the screen session is housed and run:\n```\n screen -ls\n```\nwhich results in\n```\n There is a screen on:\n         26727.pts-0.devxxx      (Attached)\n 1 Socket in \/tmp\/uscreens\/S-xxx. <------ this is where the session is.\n```\nAnd just remove it:\n\n1. ```\n   cd \/tmp\/uscreens\/S-xxx\n   ```\n2. ```\n   ls\n   ```\n3. ```\n   26727.pts-0.devxxx\n   ```\n4. ```\n   rm 26727.pts-0.devxxx\n   ```\n5. ```\n   ls\n   ```\n\nThe `uscreens` directory will not have the `26727.pts-0.devxxx` file in it anymore. Now to make sure just type this:\n\n`screen -ls`\n\nand you should get:\n\n> No Sockets found in \/tmp\/uscreens\/S-xxx.\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/7601931 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 3.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0\")\n\n[edited Mar 3, 2014 at 19:49](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/posts\/7601931\/revisions \"show all edits to this post\")\n\n[![0xcaff's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3cf0df72502fdc81fad7301b2b887d8?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2456263\/0xcaff)\n\n[0xcaff](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2456263\/0xcaff)\n\n13\\.8k55 gold badges5252 silver badges5757 bronze badges\n\nanswered Sep 29, 2011 at 18:44\n\n[![rc2012's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60f179aa615ff2aa72ace25d466811a5?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/971779\/rc2012)\n\n[rc2012](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/971779\/rc2012)rc2012\n\n53144 silver badges22 bronze badges\n\n## 2 Comments\nAdd a comment\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/DcBJx.jpg?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1486969\/redreinard)\n\nredreinard\n\n[redreinard](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1486969\/redreinard)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment51101626_7601931)\n\nThis is the only solution that will work if the screen is \"stuck\", ie. not dead, but cannot be attached to.\n\n2015-07-22T20:28:50.637Z+00:00\n\n4\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf76f9081ac968d9e6ec0f71f4ee4ac7?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/784829\/lomky)\n\nLomky\n\n[Lomky](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/784829\/lomky)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment70310117_7601931)\n\nThis helped me when the screen was utterly locked, but I did need to find and kill the actual process as well. `ps aux | grep screen` found the pid and I issued a `kill` to remove it. Depending on what you had running in your screen, you may have temp files and locks to clean up as well.\n\n2017-01-09T16:29:21.533Z+00:00\n\n0\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n29\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\n```\nscreen -wipe\n```\nShould clean all ***dead*** screen sessions.\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/10489792 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 3.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0\")\n\n[edited Feb 12, 2015 at 23:30](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/posts\/10489792\/revisions \"show all edits to this post\")\n\n[![Goodwine's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b86ceedfd1a20319af8af6413aaf703d?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/950582\/goodwine)\n\n[Goodwine](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/950582\/goodwine)\n\n1,72811 gold badge1919 silver badges3131 bronze badges\n\nanswered May 7, 2012 at 22:03\n\n[![Vishv Jeet's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/693a48a89a4b88d07f5b95f1e934ac1d?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1380777\/vishv-jeet)\n\n[Vishv Jeet](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1380777\/vishv-jeet)Vishv Jeet\n\n31933 silver badges22 bronze badges\n\n## 2 Comments\nAdd a comment\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44a5759c9ee6cf0b43dea34b01602312?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG&f=y&so-version=2)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3151462\/shihao-xu)\n\nShihao Xu\n\n[Shihao Xu](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/3151462\/shihao-xu)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment63623032_10489792)\n\nWhat means dead? not running any program?\n\n2016-06-29T08:18:13.553Z+00:00\n\n11\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9590b54b5038381e1cb0a4204e2e8ba2?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1781686\/illnr)\n\nillnr\n\n[illnr](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1781686\/illnr)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment89212210_10489792)\n\n@ShihaoXu Dead means the session is unreachable and on localhost (socket connection is broken). - see [gnu.org\/software\/screen\/manual\/screen.html](https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/screen\/manual\/screen.html)\n\n2018-06-30T07:33:58.393Z+00:00\n\n1\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n23\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\nadd this to your `~\/.bashrc`:\n```\nalias cleanscreen=\"screen -ls | tail -n +2 | head -n -2 | awk '{print $1}'| xargs -I{} screen -S {} -X quit\"\n```\nThen use `cleanscreen` to clean all screen session.\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/15125005 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 3.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0\")\n\n[edited Mar 3, 2014 at 19:50](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/posts\/15125005\/revisions \"show all edits to this post\")\n\n[![0xcaff's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3cf0df72502fdc81fad7301b2b887d8?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2456263\/0xcaff)\n\n[0xcaff](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2456263\/0xcaff)\n\n13\\.8k55 gold badges5252 silver badges5757 bronze badges\n\nanswered Feb 28, 2013 at 0:01\n\n[![user2115803's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0fb2c4a587d5e32d95c596394a9484b?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2115803\/user2115803)\n\n[user2115803](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/2115803\/user2115803)user2115803\n\n33122 silver badges33 bronze badges\n\n## 3 Comments\nAdd a comment\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fdb4cd419c71f4670c375c63039b8dd?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1035860\/ariel)\n\nAriel\n\n[Ariel](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1035860\/ariel)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment38872000_15125005)\n\nA simple one-liner: `screen -ls | grep Detached | cut -d. -f1 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill`\n\n2014-07-28T17:41:09.57Z+00:00\n\n11\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.sstatic.net\/X2Gct.jpg?s=64)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/23341\/jonathan)\n\nJonathan\n\n[Jonathan](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/23341\/jonathan)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment46351551_15125005)\n\nWorked a treat, but had to modify it slightly to work on OSX: `screen -ls | tail +2 | head -2 | awk '{print $1}'| xargs -I{} screen -S {} -X quit`\n\n2015-03-15T04:39:20.307Z+00:00\n\n3\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0f15d2727d4efd17af2a8b4355105fe?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/551606\/abhay-yadav)\n\nAbhay Yadav\n\n[Abhay Yadav](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/551606\/abhay-yadav)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment50940436_15125005)\n\nSlight improvement:-screen -ls \\| grep Attached \\| cut -d. -f1 \\| awk '{print \\$1}' \\| xargs -I{} screen -d {}\n\n2015-07-18T05:22:56.177Z+00:00\n\n0\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\nAdd a comment\n\n21\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\nFor me a simple\n```\nexit\n```\nworks. This is from within the screen session.\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/12947338 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 3.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0\")\n\nanswered Oct 18, 2012 at 4:52\n\n[![Nick Desaulniers's user avatar](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1691450b8277170ba387ec4f9ae35e1d?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1027966\/nick-desaulniers)\n\n[Nick Desaulniers](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1027966\/nick-desaulniers)Nick Desaulniers\n\n2,11644 gold badges2626 silver badges4848 bronze badges\n\n## 3 Comments\nAdd a comment\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1691450b8277170ba387ec4f9ae35e1d?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1027966\/nick-desaulniers)\n\nNick Desaulniers\n\n[Nick Desaulniers](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1027966\/nick-desaulniers)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment68599550_12947338)\n\nalso, ctrl+a `:quit`\n\n2016-11-18T19:22:12.593Z+00:00\n\n2\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1691450b8277170ba387ec4f9ae35e1d?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1027966\/nick-desaulniers)\n\nNick Desaulniers\n\n[Nick Desaulniers](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1027966\/nick-desaulniers)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment78325201_12947338)\n\nalso, ctrl+a, then K\n\n2017-08-14T21:51:19.147Z+00:00\n\n2\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3dac320accaccdcb19138b80b23e8642?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/622885\/frederik-witte)\n\nFrederik Witte\n\n[Frederik Witte](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/622885\/frederik-witte)\n\n[Over a year ago](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1509677\/kill-detached-screen-session#comment90236326_12947338)\n\nOr just CTRL+D within a screen\n\n2018-08-01T14:34:27.973Z+00:00\n\n0\n\nReply\n\n- Copy link\n\nAdd a comment\n\n16\n\nvotes\n\nSave this answer.\n\nShow activity on this post.\n\nTo kill *all* detached screen sessions, include this function in your .bash\\_profile:\n```\nkilld () {\nfor session in $(screen -ls | grep -o '[0-9]\\{5\\}')\ndo\nscreen -S \"${session}\" -X quit;\ndone\n}\n```\nto run it, call `killd`\n\n[Share](https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/14447172 \"Short permalink to this answer\")\n\nShare a link to this answer\n\nCopy link\n\n[CC BY-SA 3.0](https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ \"The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0\")\n\nanswered Jan 21, 2013 at 21:02\n\n[![Rose Perrone's user 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I learned from somewhere a detached screen can be killed by ``` screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] kill ``` where \[session \# you want to kill\] can be gotten from ``` screen -ls ``` But this doesn't work. Anything wrong? What's the correct way? - [linux](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/linux "show questions tagged 'linux'") - [kill](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/kill "show questions tagged 'kill'") - [gnu-screen](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/gnu-screen "show questions tagged 'gnu-screen'") [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/q/1509677 "Short permalink to this question") Share a link to this question Copy link [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0") [edited Apr 13, 2019 at 18:49](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/1509677/revisions "show all edits to this post") [![Benjamin W.'s user avatar](https://i.sstatic.net/U0oyt.png?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3266847/benjamin-w) [Benjamin W.](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3266847/benjamin-w) 53\.8k1919 gold badges135135 silver badges136136 bronze badges asked Oct 2, 2009 at 13:58 [![Tim's user avatar](https://i.sstatic.net/3PCjR.png?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/156458/tim) [Tim](https://stackoverflow.com/users/156458/tim)Tim 101k152152 gold badges409409 silver badges651651 bronze badges 5 - 25 "somewhere" is not always a good source of information. Try "man screen". innaM – [innaM](https://stackoverflow.com/users/7498/innam "48,029 reputation") 2009-10-02 14:08:22 +00:00 [Commented Oct 2, 2009 at 14:08](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment1363457_1509677) - 27 The correct command is `screen -S sessionname -p 0 -X quit` jimmetry – [jimmetry](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1837729/jimmetry "2,239 reputation") 2013-08-29 02:27:23 +00:00 [Commented Aug 29, 2013 at 2:27](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment27201964_1509677) - killall -\# screen \[\# = number of screens you want to kill\] CArnold – [CArnold](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2440216/carnold "535 reputation") 2014-08-29 14:14:13 +00:00 [Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 14:14](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment39933376_1509677) - I simply use exit TPArrow – [TPArrow](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2682273/tparrow "1,624 reputation") 2018-02-16 13:15:02 +00:00 [Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 13:15](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment84658793_1509677) - CTRL + D when in screen is the easiest command. Don King – [Don King](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3816940/don-king "301 reputation") 2019-03-28 17:50:31 +00:00 [Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 17:50](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment97528470_1509677) Comments disabled on deleted / locked posts / reviews \\| ## 11 Answers 11 Sorted by: [Reset to default](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) 1265 votes Save this answer. Show activity on this post. "kill" will only kill one screen window. To "kill" the complete session, use `quit`. ### Example ``` $ screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] quit ``` For dead sessions use: \$ screen -wipe [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1509764 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0") [edited Apr 16, 2019 at 19:41](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/1509764/revisions "show all edits to this post") [![Community's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/-1/community) [Community](https://stackoverflow.com/users/-1/community)Bot 111 silver badge answered Oct 2, 2009 at 14:10 [![innaM's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/aa6a7a12f4cd03bc8c98fa8e9af9ad41?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/7498/innam) [innaM](https://stackoverflow.com/users/7498/innam)innaM 48k55 gold badges7272 silver badges8888 bronze badges Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments. ## 7 Comments Add a comment [![](https://i.sstatic.net/YkgNt.png?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1005250/mzalazar) mzalazar [mzalazar](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1005250/mzalazar) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment20174571_1509764) type 'exit' (without the quotes) in ubuntu :P 2013-01-23T12:48:48.717Z+00:00 112 Reply - Copy link [![](https://i.sstatic.net/e4EoH.jpg?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1365918/kapad) kapad [kapad](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1365918/kapad) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment26893631_1509764) `exit` works but needs to be typed into each screen that was opened. `quit` does not even work 2013-08-19T22:35:41.353Z+00:00 16 Reply - Copy link [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2cf3a803933c9f46de975d4cafe0e202?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/516513/eduard) Eduard [Eduard](https://stackoverflow.com/users/516513/eduard) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment38071684_1509764) @kapad actually quit works if you write it inline -X -S pid/sockname quit 2014-07-04T15:24:22.38Z+00:00 4 Reply - Copy link [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f1bc4a7838d45c1683fde25274bee54b?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1688206/michel) Michel [Michel](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1688206/michel) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment49124637_1509764) on OSX entering `screen -X quit` on any terminal terminates all active sessions 2015-05-29T09:07:31.89Z+00:00 20 Reply - Copy link [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1GIUiACSj5c/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAACM/fFVxA5hoOLg/s48-rj/photo.jpg)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/8735388/yi-xin) Yi Xin [Yi Xin](https://stackoverflow.com/users/8735388/yi-xin) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment82309674_1509764) Ctrl + D also works 2017-12-06T13:28:04.4Z+00:00 5 Reply - Copy link Add a comment \\| Show 2 more comments 497 votes Save this answer. Show activity on this post. You can kill a detached session which is not responding within the screen session by doing the following. 1. Type `screen -list` to identify the detached screen session. ``` ~$ screen -list There are screens on: 20751.Melvin_Peter_V42 (Detached) ``` Note: `20751.Melvin_Peter_V42` is your session id. 2. Get attached to the detached screen session ``` screen -r 20751.Melvin_Peter_V42 ``` 3. Once connected to the session press `Ctrl` + `A` then type `:quit` [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2308595 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0") [edited Mar 3, 2014 at 19:47](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/2308595/revisions "show all edits to this post") [![0xcaff's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a3cf0df72502fdc81fad7301b2b887d8?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2456263/0xcaff) [0xcaff](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2456263/0xcaff) 13\.8k55 gold badges5252 silver badges5757 bronze badges answered Feb 22, 2010 at 3:15 [![Melvin Peter's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64cf5b0f2d1e5d0607086d1427754290?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/278417/melvin-peter) [Melvin Peter](https://stackoverflow.com/users/278417/melvin-peter)Melvin Peter 4,97922 gold badges1717 silver badges44 bronze badges ## 4 Comments Add a comment [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/182ec4df5cfc9285908e29aaa0273812?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/395804/gal-bracha) Gal Bracha [Gal Bracha](https://stackoverflow.com/users/395804/gal-bracha) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment25524677_2308595) you can just use screen -r 20751 without the full name 2013-07-09T12:47:38.38Z+00:00 20 Reply - Copy link [![](https://i.sstatic.net/Iceaj.jpg?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1297812/laffuste) laffuste [laffuste](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1297812/laffuste) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment29772450_2308595) or: Ctrl + a, k 2013-11-15T08:40:22.427Z+00:00 53 Reply - Copy link [![](https://i.sstatic.net/U7HAo.png?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3604745/hack-r) Hack-R [Hack-R](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3604745/hack-r) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment46557632_2308595) @laffuste 's comment worked for me, but `quit` and `:quit` lead to `command not found` on my remote Linux server (perhaps differences between versions of the OS or screen are to blame) 2015-03-20T15:05:25.36Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OxQOfR4_obk/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABf8/cUEK_5Uah-k/s48-rj/photo.jpg)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3364687/pkapka) pkapka [pkapka](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3364687/pkapka) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment70458698_2308595) once attached to the screen, `exit` also works 2017-01-13T07:17:52.513Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link Add a comment 145 votes Save this answer. 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List screens: ``` screen -list ``` Output: ``` There is a screen on: 23536.pts-0.wdzee (10/04/2012 08:40:45 AM) (Detached) 1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-root. ``` Kill screen session: ``` screen -S 23536 -X quit ``` [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12727736 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0") [edited Jan 10, 2013 at 12:43](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/12727736/revisions "show all edits to this post") [![13ren's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3626e2b25807cd1fcb622b18c04cd5e2?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/50979/13ren) [13ren](https://stackoverflow.com/users/50979/13ren) 12\.2k99 gold badges5050 silver badges6464 bronze badges answered Oct 4, 2012 at 12:52 [![Collin Thomas's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1d3fdf186ab1ad9df2b8b2678b2219ce?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG&f=y&so-version=2)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1469690/collin-thomas) [Collin Thomas](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1469690/collin-thomas)Collin Thomas 1,75011 gold badge1414 silver badges1313 bronze badges ## 1 Comment Add a comment [![](https://i.sstatic.net/2NKuT.jpg?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1644614/vaibhavatul47) vaibhavatul47 [vaibhavatul47](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1644614/vaibhavatul47) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment68656386_12727736) 'screen -ls' also works. ;) 2016-11-21T07:00:00.19Z+00:00 1 Reply - Copy link 113 votes Save this answer. 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It's easier to kill a session, when some meaningful name is given: ``` //Creation: screen -S some_name proc // Kill detached session screen -S some_name -X quit ``` [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/3830781 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 2.5") answered Sep 30, 2010 at 13:09 [![Hitman\_99's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/21d00ca35089522c7a3f75aa02786b61?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/424894/hitman-99) [Hitman\_99](https://stackoverflow.com/users/424894/hitman-99)Hitman\_99 2,28233 gold badges1919 silver badges2121 bronze badges ## 2 Comments Add a comment [![](https://i.sstatic.net/L6mRr.jpg?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2700631/43tesseracts) 43Tesseracts [43Tesseracts](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2700631/43tesseracts) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment82165722_3830781) Why `screen -S` and not `screen -r`? 2017-12-02T00:52:42.86Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/01ddce2612ede7091de662198f5c6c99?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1507649/paul-kenjora) Paul Kenjora [Paul Kenjora](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1507649/paul-kenjora) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment89482702_3830781) This answer uses the name of the session, which is way more convenient than looking up the ID. Thank You\! 2018-07-09T18:29:18.043Z+00:00 1 Reply - Copy link 43 votes Save this answer. Show activity on this post. You can just go to the place where the screen session is housed and run: ``` screen -ls ``` which results in ``` There is a screen on: 26727.pts-0.devxxx (Attached) 1 Socket in /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx. <------ this is where the session is. ``` And just remove it: 1. ``` cd /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx ``` 2. ``` ls ``` 3. ``` 26727.pts-0.devxxx ``` 4. ``` rm 26727.pts-0.devxxx ``` 5. ``` ls ``` The `uscreens` directory will not have the `26727.pts-0.devxxx` file in it anymore. Now to make sure just type this: `screen -ls` and you should get: > No Sockets found in /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx. 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Depending on what you had running in your screen, you may have temp files and locks to clean up as well. 2017-01-09T16:29:21.533Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link 29 votes Save this answer. Show activity on this post. ``` screen -wipe ``` Should clean all *dead* screen sessions. 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Show activity on this post. add this to your `~/.bashrc`: ``` alias cleanscreen="screen -ls \| tail -n +2 \| head -n -2 \| awk '{print $1}'\| xargs -I{} screen -S {} -X quit" ``` Then use `cleanscreen` to clean all screen session. 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Show activity on this post. For me a simple ``` exit ``` works. This is from within the screen session. [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12947338 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0") answered Oct 18, 2012 at 4:52 [![Nick Desaulniers's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1691450b8277170ba387ec4f9ae35e1d?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027966/nick-desaulniers) [Nick Desaulniers](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027966/nick-desaulniers)Nick Desaulniers 2,11644 gold badges2626 silver badges4848 bronze badges ## 3 Comments Add a comment [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1691450b8277170ba387ec4f9ae35e1d?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027966/nick-desaulniers) Nick Desaulniers [Nick Desaulniers](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027966/nick-desaulniers) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment68599550_12947338) also, ctrl+a `:quit` 2016-11-18T19:22:12.593Z+00:00 2 Reply - Copy link [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1691450b8277170ba387ec4f9ae35e1d?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027966/nick-desaulniers) Nick Desaulniers [Nick Desaulniers](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027966/nick-desaulniers) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment78325201_12947338) also, ctrl+a, then K 2017-08-14T21:51:19.147Z+00:00 2 Reply - Copy link [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3dac320accaccdcb19138b80b23e8642?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/622885/frederik-witte) Frederik Witte [Frederik Witte](https://stackoverflow.com/users/622885/frederik-witte) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment90236326_12947338) Or just CTRL+D within a screen 2018-08-01T14:34:27.973Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link Add a comment 16 votes Save this answer. 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To kill all detached screen sessions, include this function in your .bash\_profile: ``` killd () { for session in $(screen -ls \| grep -o '[0-9]\{5\}') do screen -S "${session}" -X quit; done } ``` to run it, call `killd` [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/14447172 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0") answered Jan 21, 2013 at 21:02 [![Rose Perrone's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/09650c0dfd63d0cdfeee378b7c5945ed?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/365298/rose-perrone) [Rose Perrone](https://stackoverflow.com/users/365298/rose-perrone)Rose Perrone 63\.9k6161 gold badges215215 silver badges251251 bronze badges ## 1 Comment Add a comment [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/10fc6ddb80b398668a1d83e5e1bbf892?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1176671/kostyantyn) Kostyantyn [Kostyantyn](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1176671/kostyantyn) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment23946461_14447172) Sometimes it's not 5 digits, so i use: killd () { for session in \$(screen -ls \\| grep -o '\[0-9\]\\+') do screen -S "\${session}" -X quit; done } 2013-05-20T11:58:55.717Z+00:00 5 Reply - Copy link 7 votes Save this answer. Show activity on this post. ``` == ISSUE THIS COMMAND [xxx@devxxx ~]$ screen -ls == SCREEN RESPONDS There are screens on: 23487.pts-0.devxxx (Detached) 26727.pts-0.devxxx (Attached) 2 Sockets in /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx. == NOW KILL THE ONE YOU DONT WANT [xxx@devxxx ~]$ screen -X -S 23487.pts-0.devxxx kill == WANT PROOF? [xxx@devxxx ~]$ screen -ls There is a screen on: 26727.pts-0.devxxx (Attached) 1 Socket in /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx. ``` [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/3151210 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 2.5") answered Jun 30, 2010 at 16:14 [![duggi's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5eef21ad1ca67f145329a75c1391c623?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/262942/duggi) [duggi](https://stackoverflow.com/users/262942/duggi)duggi 57277 silver badges1313 bronze badges ## 2 Comments Add a comment [![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ab76db4c7db78939bf0f881f45691e33?s=48&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/19246/martin-carpella) Martin Carpella [Martin Carpella](https://stackoverflow.com/users/19246/martin-carpella) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment15571775_3151210) Wouldn't that just remove the socket, not kill the process behind it? 2012-07-31T05:56:20.567Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link [![](https://i.sstatic.net/huXXP.jpg?s=64)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/634275/fedir-rykhtik) Fedir RYKHTIK [Fedir RYKHTIK](https://stackoverflow.com/users/634275/fedir-rykhtik) [Over a year ago](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session#comment17102780_3151210) Is this method is risky from the point of view of creation of zomby processes ? 2012-10-01T13:02:56.33Z+00:00 0 Reply - Copy link 5 votes Save this answer. Show activity on this post. Alternatively, while in your screen session all you have to do is type exit This will kill the shell session initiated by the screen, which effectively terminates the screen session you are on. No need to bother with screen session id, etc. [Share](https://stackoverflow.com/a/9532451 "Short permalink to this answer") Share a link to this answer Copy link [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ "The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0") answered Mar 2, 2012 at 11:21 [![dat789's user avatar](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/63619e22cf802d23051be01074521f53?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG)](https://stackoverflow.com/users/970731/dat789) [dat789](https://stackoverflow.com/users/970731/dat789)dat789 2,11333 gold badges2323 silver badges2828 bronze badges ## Comments Add a comment Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. 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