> Thanks, this is even closer. z is being set, but it outputs something to
> the screen which does go away after a few seconds. Any idea how to
> stop it from doing that? I wonder if there's some code I could output
> that turned off display output, did this command, then turn it back on
> again?
>
> I couldn't use this in an alias as it would disrupt the screen each
> time I ran ssh or scp. But it does get the necessary info.
You could try tuning a few settings in the manual:
msgminwait sec
Defines the time screen delays a new message when one message
is currently dis‐
played. The default is 1 second.
msgwait sec
Defines the time a message is displayed if screen is not
disturbed by other ac‐
tivity. The default is 5 seconds.
