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.

• https://github.com/tmux/tmux
• https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki

Installation¶

MacOS¶

brew install tmux

Debian¶

sudo apt install tmux

Examples¶

Sessions¶

Start a new session¶

tmux new -s my-session

Detach from session¶

Ctrl+b then d

List sessions¶

tmux ls

Attach to a session¶

tmux attach-session -t my-session
# OR
tmux a -t 0

Panes¶

Split horizontally¶

Ctrl+b then "

Split vertically¶

Ctrl+b then %

Navigate between panes¶

Ctrl+b then Arrow Keys

Help output¶

usage: tmux [-2CluvV] [-c shell-command] [-f file] [-L socket-name] [-S socket-path] [command [flags]]