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Use tmux

What is tmux?

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer
- You can start a Tmux session and then open multiple windows inside that session. Each window occupies the entire screen and can be split into rectangular panes.
  tmux sessions, windows, panes
With Tmux you can easily switch between multiple programs in one terminal, detach them and reattach them to a different terminal.
Tmux sessions are persistent
- programs running in Tmux will continue to run even if you get disconnected. (Extremly useful when training neural netwoks on remoter server! 👏)
All commands in Tmux start with a prefix, which by default is ctrl+b.

sudo apt install tmux

brew install tmux

Command	Shortcut	Functionality
`tmux new -s session_name`		creates a new tmux session named `session_name`
`tmux attach -t session_name`		attaches to an existing tmux session named `session_name`
`tmux switch -t session_name`		switches to an existing session named `session_name`
`tmux list-sessions` (`tmux ls`)		lists existing tmux sessions
`tmux detach`	`prefix` +`d`	detach the currently attached session
`tmux renamesession -t 0 <new-name>`	`prefix` +`$`	rename session 0 to `<new-name>`

Command	Shortcut	Functionality
`tmux new-window`	`prefix` + `c`	create a new window
`tmux select-window -t :0-9`	`prefix` + `0-9`	move to the window based on index
`tmux select-window -t <window-name>`		move to the window `<window-name>`
`tmux rename-window <new-name>`	`prefix` + `,`	rename the current window

Command	Shortcut	Functionality
`tmux split-window`	`prefix` + `"`	create a new window
`tmux split-window -h`	`prefix` + `%`	move to the window based on index
	`prefix` + `x`	kill current pane

Last updated on 2024-09-05