tmux multiplexer

 Used for enhancing your work area in linux command line.

Useful Links:

• https://leanpub.com/the-tao-of-tmux/read
•  https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki
•  https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/command-line/

yum install tmux

Tmux has sessions, windows and panes hierarchy.

tmux -V #Version
    new #new session
    new -s [name of session]
    ls #list sessions
    attach-session -t 3
    a # #attach last session with #
    a -t [name of session] #reattaches to the session.
    rename-session -t 0 database
    kill-server

    
    
Ctrl + b

•     ? - help

Sessions

•     d - detach ; D - which session to detach; 
•     s sessions; ) , (  , switch sessions;  
•     new #new session
•     new -s [name of session]
•     ls #list sessions
•     attach-session -t 3
•     a # #attach last session with #
•     a -t [name of session] #reattaches to the session.
•     rename-session -t 0 database
•     kill-server
• 
  

Windows

•     c - create window;  
•     switch windows; by n,p  <number>;     n(next), p(previous), number
•     , - rename window
  

Panes

•     " - split horizontally; display split into 2 different panes.
  
•     % - vertical split
•     [arrow key] to move between panes
•     [HOLD arrow key] to resize  panes
•     x kill current pane
•     exit or ctrl_d exit a pane
•    z - full screen pane and back;
•     :resize-pane -D 2 #-U for up, -D for down -L for left and -R for right. The last part is the number of lines to move it over by.
  
• 
  
•     x - kill
•     :list-keys

    
    ~/.tmux.conf
    
Copy paste; hold Shift key then select from mouse

If you press shift while doing things with the mouse, that overrides the mouse protocol and lets you select/paste. It's documented in the xterm manual for instance, and most terminal emulators copy that behavior.


https://gist.github.com/spicycode/1229612

oracle@localhost $ cat .tmux.conf
# Uncomment the lines with the options you want to activate (by deleting the preceding "#")

# Allow mouse interaction
#setw -g mode-mouse on
set -g mode-mouse on

# Allow mouse to select which pane to use
set -g mouse-select-pane on

# Allow mouse dragging to resize panes
set -g mouse-resize-pane on

# Reload tmux config
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

#set -g status-right '#[fg=yellow]#(cut -d " " -f 1-3 /proc/loadavg)#[default] #[fg=white]%H:%M#[default]'

On unix you can also use alternatives like screen or  gcm.