When you start tmux with the tmux command, you're automatically put into a new window. At the bottom of the status bar, you can see the window's ID, along with its name. The asterisk (.) indicates the current window you're in. Starting tmux for the first time, you're put into a window with ID 0. Linuxbrew tmux Addeddate 2021-04-07 22:26:37 Identifier linuxbrew-tmux Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.9.4. Plus-circle Add Review. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 24 files. Brew install tmux Starting Your First Tmux Session # To start your first Tmux session, simply type tmux in your console: tmux. This will open a new session, create a new window, and start a shell in that window. Once you are in Tmux you’ll notice a status line at the bottom of the screen which shows information about the current session.
OBSOLETE Install tmux on OSX WITHOUT brew. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. When you start tmux with the tmux command, you're automatically put into a new window. At the bottom of the status bar, you can see the window's ID, along with its name. The asterisk (.) indicates the current window you're in. Starting tmux for the first time, you're put into a window with ID 0.
This tutorial explains how to install and basic use of Tmux.
What is tmux?#
Tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It allows you to access a tmux terminal using multiple virtual terminals. It means within one terminal window you can open multiple windows and split-views. Each window occupies the entire screen and can be split into rectangular panes.
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This also means that sudden disconnects from a server running tmux will not kill the processes running inside the tmux session.
tmux is an alternative of GNU Screen.
Installing Tmux#
Installing tmux is pretty straightforward on most distributions.
Install Tmux on Ubuntu and Debian#
Installing Tmux on CentOS and Fedora#
Install Tmux on macOS#
Starting Your First Tmux Session#
For your first session simply start tmux with a new session:
This will create a new tmux session and start a shell in that window. This window shows a green status bar with information about current session.
You can now run your first tmux command. For example, to get a list of all commands, you would type:
Ctrl+b?
Creating Tmux Session with Name#
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When have multiple sessions, it is difficult to find. We can create session by giving name which will be very useful to identify. To create a session with name, run tmux command as following:
Here, you should replace session_name with your appropriate name.
Working with Tmux Windows and Panes#
Type Ctrl+bc in shell to create a new window. A list of all windows is shown on the status line at the bottom of the screen.
Below are some most common commands for managing Tmux windows and panes:
Ctrl-b + cCreate a new window (with shell)Ctrl-b + wChoose window from a listCtrl-b + 0Switch to window 0 (by number )Ctrl-b + ,Rename the current windowCtrl-b + %Split current pane horizontally into two panesCtrl-b + 'Split current pane vertically into two panesCtrl-b + oGo to the next paneCtrl-b + ;Toggle between the current and previous paneCtrl-b + xClose the current pane
Detaching from Tmux Session#
To detach from the Tmux session and return to your normal shell type:
Ctrl+bd
It will keep continue program which are running on the Tmux session.
Re-attaching to Tmux Session#
You can attach to a session by name so we need name of the session first. To get a list of the currently running sessions type:
The name of the session is the first column of the output.
Above you can see there are two running Tmux sessions. The first one is named 0 and the second one copy_session.
For instance, to attach to session copy_session, you would type:
Conclusion#
In this tutorial, you learned how to use Tmux to resume the sessions even after disconnected. Now you can start use of the Tmux to create multiple screen windows from a single session, detach and resume screen sessions.
To learn more about Tmux visit Screen User’s Manual page.
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Ever since switching to Vim as my primary editor, I've been living in the terminal. Discovering tmux felt nothing short of an extreme home makeover.
What is tmux
tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.- tmux manpage
Basically, it lets you use different panes/windows in a single terminal, which comes in particularly handy when working on remote servers.
- Top: vim
- Bottom left: run my development server
- Bottom run: for running any commands I need
Install
Start a session
Within a tmux session, to indicate to the terminal, 'Hey, the following shortcut is for tmux', you use the prefix. The default prefix is Ctrl + a aka C-a.
To run a shortcut, you press C-a [release] [command].
For example, to create a new window, you'd press C-a followed by c.
This is a great cheatsheet, but here is a summary of some key shortcuts.
More shortcuts
- Resize a pane:
C-a + arrow key - Full-screencurrent pane:
C-a + z(pressingC-a + zwill toggle back to original size) - Toggle layout:
C-a + space
Commands are run in the command line outside of tmuxto interact with tmux sessions (i.e create, attach, kill).
To kill an existing named session:
Less (typing) is more
However, typing tn name and tk name are simpler to remember so I use these aliases in my .bashrc.
Don't forget to run source ~/.bashrc to load the changes.
You can edit your tmux configuration in the ~/.tmux.conf file.
Remap prefix from 'C-b' to 'C-a' to save your fingers.
More intuitive window splitting (I could never remember % vs '). Alternatives to this are using | for vertical and - for horizontal.
Vim style pane selection, i.e. use prefix + h to select the Left pane.
Automatically set window title so it's a little bit clearer.
Show terminal colors. Replace xterm-256color with the output of running echo $TERM in your terminal.
You can also make cosmetic changes. Here's an example of my theme:
Don't forget to run tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf to load the changes.
Even less (typing) is even more — editing/reloading config files
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To save precious storage space in my mental memory and a few more key strokes, I use these aliases in my .bashrc whenever I'm working with a new config file.
Now, for one last time, run source ~/.bashrc to reload these changes then you can start using loadbashinstead.