tmux

Installation

• Linux : sudo apt-get install tmux
• Fedora : sudo dnf -y install tmux
• Cent-OS : sudo yum -y install tmux
• Arch Linux : sudo pacman -S tmux
• to start : tmux
• NOTE: Prefix key : Ctrl+b
• github

What is tmux ??

• It is terminal multiplexer.
• It acts as a window manager in your terminal.
• It also allows to create multiple window and panes in a single terminal window.

What it can do

• Tmux keeps the sessions , windows and panes in a server located at /tmp/tmux
• If your terminal window is crash or killed(detach) then still all your process and session is alive, until you kill the tmux server(reboot).
• Again you can pick the session from where you left by simply attaching to the session.
• tmux is also helpful while working with remote machine.

tmux key binds

NOTE: Prefix key C-b == Ctrl+b

• to start : tmux
• Splitting Pane :
  • for left and right : C-b+%
  • for top and bottom : C-b+"
• Navigates through panes :
  • C-b+<arrow_keys
  • to move left : C-b ⬅
  • to move right : C-b ➡
  • to move up : C-b ⬆
  • to move down : C-b ⬇
• Closing pane: type exit or C-b x
• Creating windows : C-b c
  • rename windows : C-b ,
  • to kill window : C-b &
• Navigates through windows :
  • for previous window : C-b p
  • for next window : C-b n
  • for required : C-b <number> where number is number in front of the window’s name in your status bar
• Session handling :
  • to detach your current session : C-b d
  • for list of session to detach : C-b D
    • for list of session : C-b s
    • for list of session : tmux ls it worked without a tmux session
    • to attach to session from list : tmux attach -t 0 -t 0 -t for specific target and 0 name of the session
    • attach to a new session : tmux new -s database new -s database new for new , -s for session , database as name of session new -w __ -w for new window
    • rename session : C-b $ rename before starting the session : tmux rename-session -t 0 database
• to enter command prompt mode : C-b :

NOTE : to see the more key bindings use C-b ?

• It will show the all binding available in it

Links 🔗

1. blog
2. key-binds_img
3. YT-video
4. tmux key binds :
5. default-key-binds
6. resize-pane-using-command
7. to-control-screen
8. key-binds