TMux

tmux is an open-source terminal multiplexer for Unix-like operating systems. It allows multiple terminal sessions to be accessed simultaneously in a single window. It is useful for running more than one command-line program at the same time.

Cheat Sheet

misc: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ctrl + a → ‎:  » Enter command mode	misc: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ctrl + a → ‎?  » List key bindings
session: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ctrl + a → ‎w  » Session and Window Preview Ctrl + a → ‎(  » Move to previous session Ctrl + a → ‎)  » Move to next session Ctrl + a → ‎d  » Detach from session Ctrl + a → ‎s  » Show all sessions Ctrl + a → ‎$  » Rename session Ctrl + a → ‎ʘ  » Ctrl + a → ʘ  »	window: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ctrl + a → ‎n  » Next window Ctrl + a → ‎w  » List windows Ctrl + a → ‎p  » Previous window Ctrl + a → ‎c  » Create a new window Ctrl + a → ‎&  » Close active window Ctrl + a → ‎,  » Rename active window Ctrl + a → ‎1  » Toggle last active window Ctrl + a → 0…9  » Switch to window by number
pane: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ctrl + a → ‎x  » Close active pane Ctrl + a → ‎q  » Show pane numbers Ctrl + a → ‎q + 0…9  » Switch pane by number Ctrl + a → ‎|  » Split pane vertically Ctrl + a → ‎-  » Split pane horizontally Ctrl + a → ;  » Toggle last active pane Ctrl + a → z  » Toggle active pane zoom Ctrl + a → {  » Move the active pane left Ctrl + a → ‎}  » Move the active pane right Ctrl + a → !  » Convert pane into a window	pane: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ctrl + a → ‎↑  » Switch to pane up Ctrl + a → ↓  » Switch to pane down Ctrl + a → ←  » Switch to pane left Ctrl + a → →  » Switch to pane right Ctrl + a → ‎ʘ  » Ctrl + a → ‎ʘ  » Ctrl + a → ‎Ctrl + ← » Pane width Resize Ctrl + a → ‎Ctrl + → » Pane width Resize Ctrl + a → ‎Ctrl + ↑ » Pane height Resize Ctrl + a → ‎Ctrl + ↓ » Pane height Resize

Installation

sudo apt install tmux
sudo apt install powerline
git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

cat << EOF | tee ${HOME}/.tmux.conf >/dev/null
set -g base-index 1
# remap prefix from 'c-b' to 'c-a'
unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix c-a
bind-key c-a send-prefix

set -g default-terminal 'screen-256color'
set -g history-limit 10000

# window/pane split
bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v
unbind '"'
unbind %

# list of plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-battery'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-prefix-highlight'

# initialize tmux plugin manager
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
EOF

Knowledge

tmux ls tmux new -s my_session tmux attach-session -t 0 tmux attach-session -t my_session Ctrl + a % » Split pane horizontally Ctrl + a " » Split pane vertically Ctrl + a x » Close current pane	Ctrl + a c » Create a new window Ctrl + a w » Choose window from a list Ctrl + a 0 » Switch to window by number Ctrl + a , » Rename the current window Ctrl + a o » Go to the next pane Ctrl + a ; » Toggle between pane Ctrl + a d » Detach the session	tmux ls tmux kill-server tmux list-sessions tmux kill-session -a tmux kill-session -t {index} pkill -f tmux ps aux | grep tmux
TMUX_INSTALL_STATUS="$(dpkg-query -W --showformat='${db:Status-Status}' 'tmux' 2>&1)" if [[ ! $? -eq 0 ]]||[[ ! "${TMUX_INSTALL_STATUS}" -eq 'installed' ]];then printf 'tmux \033[0;31mnot found! \033[0m:(\n';exit 1 fi POWERLINE_INSTALL_STATUS="$(dpkg-query -W --showformat='${db:Status-Status}' 'powerline' 2>&1)" if [[ ! $? -eq 0 ]]||[[ ! "${POWERLINE_INSTALL_STATUS}" -eq 'installed' ]];then printf 'powerline \033[0;31mnot found! \033[0m:(\n';exit 1 fi
python3 -m site --user-site python3 -m site | grep packages python3 -m sysconfig | grep packages	windows 11 C:\> py -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))" python3 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))"
python3 -m venv ~/.venv/powerline --prompt="Powerline" # source .venv/bin/activate # (Powerline) $
python -m venv ~/.venv/powerline --prompt="Powerline" # .venv\Scripts\activate # (Powerline) PS>
uptime | cut -f 4-5 -d ' ' | cut -f 1 -d ','

References

TMux » Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference Check if a package is installed or not Powerline » Linux » Installation TMux » Plugins » Powerline TMux » Plugin Manager TMux » Plugins & Tools TMux » Status Bar TMux » Plugins TMux » Config Bash	Find Out Python site-packages Directory Powerline in a Python virtual environment TMux » Kill All Sessions TMux » Color Palette