Tmux is a terminal that I often use. Great benefits are if ssh disconnects the terminal remains and if I run some command, it continues to run. Other benefit is same screen for two or more ssh connections.
These are more common basic command to use in tmux
Start a new session with a specific name
tmux new -s session-5By default , after entering the command “tmux”, sessions are named with a number
List sessions tmux ls
[email protected]:~$ tmux ls
0: 2 windows (created Sun Oct 11 13:10:12 2020) (attached)
session-5: 1 windows (created Tue Oct 13 11:26:48 2020)
[email protected]:~$
There are two sessions in this computer, named 0 and session-5.
Connect to specific session
tmux attach -t session-5I”ll use C^ to specify CONTROL and M^ to specify ALT button. The control character for tmux is C^b. After this combination is pressed user enters control mode and perform actions like copy and paste, split windows etc.
Split session vertically
C^b %Split session horizontally
C^b "The result of splitting first vertically then horizontally looks like the following:
Navigate between open windows
C^b arrowsOpen new window
C^b cDetach – exit from tmux, but leave the session running
C^b d
To copy in tmux, first click C^b [. With arrows go to desired text click C^SPACE. Select desired text with arrows. Click M^w. Text copied.
To paste go to desired location to paste , click C^b ]