How do I get out of a screen without typing 'exit'?

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meder omuraliev picture meder omuraliev · Jan 31, 2011 · Viewed 449.6k times · Source

I screen -r'd into a django server that's running and I can't simply Ctrl-C and exit out of it.

Are there any alternative ways to get out of screen?

Currently, I manually close the tab on my local PC and ssh back in, but that's becoming tiresome.

Answer

ephemient picture ephemient · Jan 31, 2011

Ctrl-a d or Ctrl-a Ctrl-d. See the screen manual # Detach.

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