Introduction

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.Github Link

Installation

On Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux:

sudo dnf install tmux

Common usage

Start a new session

      tmux
      tmux new
      tmux new-session
      :new
      

Start a new session with the name "session-name"

      tmux new -s session-name
      :new -s session-name
      

Start a new session with the name "session-name", if the name already exists, attach it.

      tmux new -A -s session-name
      :new -A -s session-name
      

Start a new session named "session-name" without attaching it.

      tmux new -s session-name -d
      :new -s session-name -d
      

attach to the last session

      tmux a
      tmux at
      tmux attach
      tmux attach-session
      

attach to "session-name"

      tmux a -t session-name
      tmux attach-session -t session-name
      :a -t session-name
      

List all active sessions

      tmux list-sessions
      tmux ls
      :ls
      

Switch to another session

      :switch -t [session-name-or-id]
      

List all sessions, then choose one.

Press "Ctrl+b", then press the "s" key, now use the arrow keys and enter to choose.

Kill the current session

Press "Ctrl+d", or

      :kill-session
      :kill-session -t [current-session-name-or-id]
      

Kill the specified session

      :kill-session -t [session-name-or-id]
      

Detach from current session

Press "Ctrl+b" and then press "d".