Tmux

2024

Basics

• Create a new session name abc

tmux new -s abc -d

• View current sessions

tmux ls

• Create a new windows num 10 name shell10 associated with a session

tmux new-window -t abc:10 -n shell10

• Send work in the windows 10

tmux send-keys -t "abc:10" vim Enter
tmux send-keys -t "abc:10" "cd / ; ls -la ; cd -" Enter

• Attached to the abc session

tmux attach -t abc

• Send a command to all panes

Ctrl-B :

setw synchronize-panes on

clear history

Scripting

• First script with tmux, the gold is to run multi-tasks interactively

tmux new -s abc -d
for i in {1..10}; do
    tmux new-window -t abc:$i -n "shell$i"
    tmux send-keys -t "abc:$i" "cd / ; ls -la ; cd -" Enter
done