byobu-select-session(1) byobu byobu-select-session(1) # [NAME](#NAME) byobu-select-session - select and connect to a byobu session # [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION) **byobu-select-session** is an application that lists the available screen sessions running on the system, and prompts the user to select one. The user also has the option to create a new Byobu session, or launch the default shell without Byobu. If an invalid selection is chosen 3 times in a row, the user is connected to the youngest session. By default, if only one session exists, the user is connected to that session, and if no sessions exist, a new session is created -- such that there is no interactive prompt in the normal behavior. However, some users may choose to always be prompted, by touching the file $BYOBU\_CONFIG\_DIR/.always-select. Note that BYOBU\_CONFIG\_DIR=$HOME/.byobu. Named sessions that begin with a "." are "hidden" from [**byobu-select-session**(1)](/man/os/byobu/byobu-select-session.1). This is useful, for instance, if you do not want a session to be automatically selected at login. Example: byobu -S .hidden # [FILES](#FILES) *$BYOBU\_CONFIG\_DIR/.always-select* # [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO) [**byobu**(1)](/man/os/byobu/byobu.1), [**screen**(1)](/man/os/byobu/screen.1) [*https://byobu.org*](https://byobu.org) # [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR) This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.org> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation. The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in */usr/share/common-licenses/GPL* on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or in */usr/share/doc/fedora-release-\*/GPL* on Fedora systems, or on the web at *http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt*. 12 Jan 2010 byobu --- Document: byobu-select-session(1) from byobu 7.23-r0 (Chainguard OS) Source: https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu