Linux screen
From John Freier
Contents
Install Screen
Screen is an application to have multiply sessions in Linux. It also allows you to start a session on one terminal, and continue it on another. Or allow a process to run while you logged out of the terminal session.
sudo apt-get install screen
Start a Session
screen
Leave a Screen session but not close it
Ctrl+A, D
List Screens
screen -ls
Return to a Session
screen -r 4123-12e-session