Tmux, basic command and usage

• Tmux, basic commands and usage
  • How to install tmux in Archlinux/Manjaro
  • How to start using tmux
    • Opening a tmux session
    • Detaching from a tmux session
    • Attach to a tmux session
    • Demo of creating, detaching and attaching to a session
  • Inside tmux, basic steps
    • Split window horizontal
    • Split window vertical
    • Moving between windows
    • Resizing windows
    • Demo of splitting, moving and resizing windows
    • Create a new tab in the session
    • Go to next tab
    • Go to previous tab
    • Demo of creating and swapping tabs

Tmux, basic commands and usage

How to install tmux in Archlinux/Manjaro

To install tmux in Archlinux/Manjaro you only need to type in the terminal:

yaourt -S tmux

How to start using tmux

Opening a tmux session

Tmux works with sessions, if you know screen you are familiar with this kind o sessions. How to create a session:

tmux new -s main

What does this command? It creates a session (-s) with a label called main. Label are useful if you have several sessions running.

Detaching from a tmux session

Detaching from a session means that tmux will keep running this session (as well as the programs running on it), but you will not see it. Really useful to keep it running in a server with something you do not want to loose even if the connection fails. To detach from a session simply type control + b and afterwards d

Attach to a tmux session

Attaching to a session means that we will join again to a session we detached before. To do that you simply type:

tmux attach -t main

What does this command? It attaches to (-t) to a session with label main.

Demo of creating, detaching and attaching to a session

Inside tmux, basic steps

Split window horizontal

To split horizontally the window we only need to press: control + b and “

Split window vertical

To split vertically the window we only need to press: control + b and %

Moving between windows

To move between windows we only need to press: control + b and an arrow key one time.

Resizing windows

To resize a window we only need to press: control + b and arrow key several times.

Demo of splitting, moving and resizing windows

Create a new tab in the session

To create a new tab and move to it we only need to press: control + b and c. Check in the bottom of the terminal that you can see how many tabs do you have and what do they have focused.

Go to next tab

To go to the next tab we only need to press: control + b and n

Go to previous tab

To go to the previous tab we only need to press: control + b and p

Demo of creating and swapping tabs

Well, that was the basics. You can do plenty more in tmux, but for that you will have to use change the config file. As always, if people wants to know more about it and how to configure it, please leave a comment.