TMUX

TMUX is a useful tool to open multiple tabs in the terminal especially while using SSH. This video give a nice over view to use TMUX.

TMUX Options Reference

Once you are familair with using TMUX. The following summary of the shortcuts will be useful: Now a Ctrl-b options reference:

  • Basics
    • ? get help
  • Session management
    • s list sessions
    • $ rename the current session
    • d detach from the current session
  • Windows
    • c create a new window
    • , rename the current window
    • w list windows
    • % split horizontally
    • ” split vertically
    • n change to the next window
    • p change to the previous window
    • 0 to 9 select windows 0 through 9
  • Panes
    • % create a horizontal pane
    • ” create a vertical pane
    • h move to the left pane. *
    • j move to the pane below *
    • l move to the right pane *
    • k move to the pane above *
    • k move to the pane above *
    • q show pane numbers
    • o toggle between panes
    • } swap with next pane
    • { swap with previous pane
    • ! break the pane out of the window
    • x kill the current pane
  • Miscellaneous
    • t show the time in current pane

Resources

Here are some further resources that may be useful:

  1. http://www.sitepoint.com/tmux-a-simple-start/
    • https://robots.thoughtbot.com/a-tmux-crash-course
    • https://danielmiessler.com/study/tmux/