Linux TMUX

.tmux.conf

screen user here ... ~/.tmux.conf

unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-a
bind C-a send-prefix
bind-key C-a last-window

Sessions

• Connect to first available tmux a
• List tmux ls

Output

0: 1 windows (created Tue May 17 18:48:13 2011) [80x23]
5: 4 windows (created Tue May 17 18:55:09 2011) [80x23] (attached)

• Connect to sesion 5 tmux a -t 5

Basic control after remap to screen-like behaviour

Ctrl-a c   new window
Ctrl-a n   next window
Ctrl-a p   previous window
Ctrl-a ,   rename window
Ctrl-a w   show list of all windows
Ctrl-a f   find window
Ctrl-a :   switch to command mode
Ctrl-a d   detach

Work with windows

Ctrl-a %   split screen horizontally
Ctrl-a "   split screen vertically
Ctrl-a o   switch between windows
Ctrl-a {   move window to left
Ctrl-a }   move window to right
Ctrl-a q   show window numbers
(when numbers are displayed, enter number to switch to that window)

Advanced control

Prepare session with windows already opened

#!/bin/bash
tmux new-session -d -s servers

tmux new-window -t servers:1 -n 'Server1' 'ssh user@1.2.3.4'
tmux new-window -t servers:2 -n 'Server2' 'ssh user@5.6.7.8'
tmux new-window -t servers:3 -n 'Server3' 'ssh user@9.1.2.3'

tmux select-window -t servers:1
tmux attach-session -t servers

Open new tmux right after login

• Add new-session to .tmux.conf
• Add tmux attach at the end of .bash_profile