Python – How to detach Screen session with a command with Python Fabric

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I know about Ctrl A and D combination. What actually I am looking that I am running a long process with screen. I want to programatically come out of it as I am using Fabric to automate my activities. If I get into command screen time python3 file.py 1000 2000 5from Fabric, it does work but how do I come out of it?

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Normally, you wouldn't detach from screen - you would not attach yourself in the first place.

From this Stack Overflow answer:

-d -m   Start screen in "detached" mode. This creates a new session but
        doesn't  attach  to  it.  This  is  useful  for  system startup
        scripts.

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How to Kill a Specific Screen in GNU Screen

From the man page :

   -X   Send the specified command to a running screen  session.  You  can
        use  the  -d or -r option to tell screen to look only for attached
        or detached screen sessions. Note that this command  doesn't  work
        if the session is password protected.

You can do :

        screen -X -S <sessionid> kill

Linux – detach screen session

In some cases, your previous screen session may not have detached properly when you lost your connection for example. If this happens, you can still detach your session manually.

To see your existing screen sessions, enter:

screen -list

To detach an attached screen, enter:

screen -D

If you have more than one attached screen, you can specify a particular screen to detach. For example:

screen -D 14493.ssh2others

Once you've done this, you can resume the screen by entering the screen -r command.

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