I have written a simple tool to control our Minecraft server. **`falcon`**. Once connected you can use it to connect to the servers console `falcon console`, start the server `falcon start`, check it's status `falcon status` or kill it with `falcon kill` (but you should avoid the latter - connect to the console and type `stop` to shutdown the server).
If you are wondering how to detach the console window again. Go no further. Type: **`Ctrl-b d`** _(`Ctrl-b` together, then `d`)_