I've never used this myself, but you're describing what a coworker used to recommend when that topic came up many years ago. See the bottom of this page about b

I've never used this myself, but you're describing what a coworker used to recommend when that topic came up many years ago. See the bottom of this page about byobu. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu I'm sure there are newer/better? tools someone might recommend here too.