tmux.md

tmux

sudo apt install tmux

get into tmux without a given name

tmux

Structure

Session
|   Window
|   |   Pane

Manipulate tmux windows

1. Hit [ Ctrl + B ] to wait for short-cut keys

2. Then, press the short-cut keys to do what you want

   Pane

   Hot key	Function
   %	create a new pane horizontally
   "	create a new pane vertically
   RIGHT LEFT UP DOWN	switch between panes
   o	switch pane
   x	close the pane
   !	kill all other panes, keep the current only
   q	show the number of panes

   Window pin

   Hot key	Function
   c	create a new window
   ,	rename the window
   w	show the window
   NUM	select the window
   p	to the previous
   n	to the next

   Session

   Hot key	Function
   :new Session name	create a new session with the given name
   $	rename current session
   s	switch session
   d	detach session (minimize, not kill)
   Ctrl+z	hang on the session, return to bash

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commands

• activate mouse

  tmux set -g mouse on

• view the running tmux sessions

  tmux ls

• get back to the tmux session

  tmux attach -t ${SessionID}

  all the stuff would be preserved
  to QUIT but NOT KILL the session:
  Ctrl + B: Ctrl + Z
• rename tmux session OUT IN HOST terminal

  tmux rename-session -t ${SessionID} ${SessionName}

• create a new session OUT IN HOST terminal with a specified name:

  tmux new -s ${SessionName}

  without given name, the session can be reached through ID by default

  tmux

• kill sessions that we don't use anymore

  tmux kill ${SessionID/SessionName}