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Screen User's Manual

17.3 Display Last Message

Command: lastmsg

(C-a m, C-a C-m)
Repeat the last message displayed in the message line. Useful if you're typing when a message appears, because (unless your terminal has a hardware status line) the message goes away when you press a key.