Basic tmux Tutorial - Windows, Panes, and Sessions over SSH

Published: 24 June 2014
on channel: tutoriaLinux
504,725
9.8k

How to manage your remote terminal sessions with tmux. If you keep lots of terminal windows open or use a tiling window manager such as i3, you'll love tmux for doing the same thing on a remote machine. This video covers the basics of using tmux.

A quick cheatsheet (partially inspired by http://www.danielmiessler.com/study/t... ):

session management
tmux ls (or tmux list-sessions)
tmux new -s session-name
Ctrl-b d Detach from session
tmux attach -t [session name]
tmux kill-session -t session-name

Ctrl-b c Create new window
Ctrl-b d Detach current client
Ctrl-b l Move to previously selected window
Ctrl-b n Move to the next window
Ctrl-b p Move to the previous window
Ctrl-b & Kill the current window
Ctrl-b , Rename the current window
Ctrl-b q Show pane numbers (used to switch between panes)
Ctrl-b o Switch to the next pane
Ctrl-b ? List all keybindings

moving between windows
Ctrl-b n (Move to the next window)
Ctrl-b p (Move to the previous window)
Ctrl-b l (Move to the previously selected window)
Ctrl-b w (List all windows / window numbers)
Ctrl-b window number (Move to the specified window number, the
default bindings are from 0 -- 9)

Tiling commands
Ctrl-b % (Split the window vertically)
CTRL-b " (Split window horizontally)
Ctrl-b o (Goto next pane)
Ctrl-b q (Show pane numbers, when the numbers show up type the key to go to that pane)
Ctrl-b { (Move the current pane left)
Ctrl-b } (Move the current pane right)

Make a pane its own window
Ctrl-b : "break-pane"

add to ~/.tmux.conf
bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v

##########################
My step-by-step project-based Linux course for beginners: https://www.udemy.com/course/hands-on...

Free Linux Sysadmin Course Playlist:    • The Linux Basics Course: Beginner to ...  

DigitalOcean referral link: https://m.do.co/c/0380a1db56a6

Patreon:   / tutorialinux  
Official Site & e-mail list: https://tutorialinux.com/
Twitter:   / tutorialinux  
Facebook:   / tutorialinux  
Podcast: http://kernelpanicpodcast.com


Watch video Basic tmux Tutorial - Windows, Panes, and Sessions over SSH online without registration, duration hours minute second in high quality. This video was added by user tutoriaLinux 24 June 2014, don't forget to share it with your friends and acquaintances, it has been viewed on our site 504,725 once and liked it 9.8 thousand people.