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tmux

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architecture

session 
    windows
        panes

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version

BASH

$ tmux -V
tmux 2.6

list

new session

attach

attach / detach

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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

lists existing tmux sessions

tmux detach (prefix + d)

detach the currently attached session

=== ReadOnly attach session ===

$ tmux attach -t session_ebal -r

=== synchronize panes === 

ctl + b

:setw synchronize-panes on

:setw synchronize-panes off

=== Capture Pane ===

ctrl+prefix a : capture-pane -S [lines]

will save the tmux pane into a buffer

and after that

ctrl+prefix a : save-buffer /tmp/output

to save the buffer into a text file named output under /tmp directory


===  equally balance panes ===


==== Vertically ====

:select-layout even-vertical

prefix + alt + 2

==== Horizontally ====

:select-layout even-horizontal

prefix + alt + 1

=== zoom into a pane ===

prefix + z

=== send-keys ===

eg. session:ebal

> tmux list-windows -t ebal |cut -d: -f1|xargs -I{} tmux send-keys -t ebal:{} clear C-m

=== reload config ===


**prefix + :**

:source-file /.tmux.conf

=== conf ===

$ vim /.tmux.conf

# remap prefix from 'C-b' to 'C-a'
unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-a
bind-key C-a send-prefix

# Shift arrow to switch windows
bind -n S-Left previous-window
bind -n S-Right next-window
bind -n S-Up new-window

# Control + Arrow keys to pane switching
bind -n C-Up select-pane -U
bind -n C-Down select-pane -D
bind -n C-Left select-pane -L
bind -n C-Right select-pane -R

# Vertical Split – Control + v
bind -n C-v split-window
# Horizontal Split- Control + h
bind -n C-h split-window -h

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