First start your session and give it a name. Want a recipe for setting up a tmux window like this that you can reuse any time you want? +-+ Note that, if you reattach a session and then exit instead of detaching, it will no longer be available for reattaching.

You can reattach to a session using a command like one of these that includes the session name you assigned or was automatically provided: You can rename a session with a command like this: $ tmux rename-session -t 0 acct-mgtġ: 1 windows (created Sat May 23 16:10:26 2020)Īcct-mgt: 1 windows (created Mon May 25 16:09:52 2020) (attached) Only detached sessions will show up in the output of the tmux ls command. Sessions without given names will be called 0, 1, 2 etc., in the order in which they were created. To list detached sessions, use the command tmux ls on the command line or within a tmux session. You can detach with all of the panes still open. If you want to detach a session instead of simply closing it, use Ctrl-b d (d for 'detach'). Note that the session will be gone and will not be reattachable. You can also exit tmux by pressing : to go to the bottom bar of the tmux window. Once you type 'exit' or Ctrl-d in the last remaining pane, tmux will close. Note that there is no need for Ctrl-b in this step.

To close a pane, first ensure that you're positioned in it. In other words, use whichever arrow key points in the direction you want to move – right, left, up or down.

If you want to move to a pane to the right, use Ctrl-b followed by pressing the right arrow key and, if you want to move down a pane, use Ctrl-b following by the down arrow key. Moving from pane to pane then requires the use of arrow keys. Ctrl-b % open a pane to the right of the current paneĬtrl-b “ open a pane below the current pane

Tmux switch panes