---
name: "rscreen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "autossh"
version: "1.4g-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rscreen"
---

# rscreen(1)

monitor and restart remote screen session

## NAME

rscreen - monitor and restart remote screen session

## SYNOPSIS

**rscreen** \[*autossh* or *ssh options*\] \<\[*user*@\]*host*\>

**ruscreen** \[*autossh* or *ssh options*\] \<\[*user*@\]*host*\>

**rtmux** \[*autossh* or *ssh options*\] \<\[*user*@\]*host*\>

## DESCRIPTION

**rscreen**/**ruscreen**/**rtmux** is a script to use **autossh** to open up a remote **screen**, **screen -U** or **tmux** session, or reconnect to an existing one.

Based on autossh's original **rscreen** example script as installed on Debian systems into */usr/share/doc/autossh/examples/rscreen*, but with more generally usable defaults.

**ruscreen** and **rtmux** are just symbolic links to the **rscreen** script and the script checks under which name it has been called.

## SEE ALSO

[**ssh**(1)](/ssh/1.md), [**autossh**(1)](/autossh/1.md), [**screen**(1)](/screen/1.md), [**tmux**(1)](/tmux/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**rscreen** was written by Carson Harding (2002) and Axel Beckert (2011).

## COPYRIGHT

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are freely permitted.