Questions tagged [tmux]
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
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Is it possible to change the color of the tmux status bar in command mode?
When I type Prefix-: to start typing a command, tmux changes the color of the status bar to dark yellow. A similar effect happens if I push Prefix-, to change the name of a window.
Is it possible to ...
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Open a new window in tmux only if no window is opened in the given path, otherwise attach to it
Currently I have my terminal (alacritty) run tmux new -A -s 0 at start to start a new session 0, or attach to it if it already exists. One problem is, I sometimes use open in directory from file ...
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How do I fix Tmux status bar?
I tried a new theme plugin I found from gihub: tmux-tokyo-night. I didn't like it, so I removed the plugin (confirmed with my .tmux.conf file that it was removed) but the broken status bar won't go ...
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How to look up and switch to a pty or pid within tmux?
I have this shell script to figure out from a pid or a tty which tmux window that is:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -c "$1" ]; then
tty="$1"
else
tty=/dev/$(ps -q "$1" -otty=)
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How do I start tmux with N equally-sized, vertically-split panes given an arbitrary list of startup directories?
I want a shell script that will launch tmux with N equally-sized, vertically-split panes, each with its own starting directory, where N is determined by the number of starting directories specified. ...
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Split a tmux window into panes, with one or more panes in a separate terminal window
I know that I can have two different views on the same session using commands described in this post.
This is how that would look:
monitorA monitorB
┌──────────────────...
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Using virtualenv with Tmux causes it to source additional packages
I previously was sourcing some setup files using my .bashrc file.
I've since removed this because I found that it was being concatenated with any virtual environment setup on my PC. I would check this ...
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Can I configure tmux to show seconds of current time upon Prefix t?
On Prefix t (by default Ctrl+b t), tmux displays the time, and it looks something like this:
Is there any way to configure this, e.g. to show the seconds, too?
I tried setting export LC_TIME="%H:...
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How to enable <Ctrl+Backspace> with Tmux, Neovim and Alacritty to delete the previous word?
I use the alacritty terminal, and neovim editor with tmux.
At first Ctrl+Backspace (for deleting a previous) wasn't working at all in the terminal. So added the following line to alacritty.yml:
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Cannot create 2 columns with TMUX
This seems create a bunch of rows with a single column. I am trying to create 2 columns, and then all the rows needed.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
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unset TMUX
export session_uuid="$(uuidgen)"
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What causes tmux search to be case insensitive or casesensitive?
When I run a search in the copy paste mode of tmux sometimes it's case insensitive and other times it isn't.
I think I know what I do, but I don't understand what causes the search to be case-...
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How to continue journal output to serial console after dev-mqueue.mount is started
So far I managed to get the kernel & systemd to output the first log messages from booting on the system’s serial port. Further, after the boot process is (nearly) completed, journald continues to ...
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Find which tmux session and pane runs a given process ID
Sometimes I'll find a process I started a long time ago from a shell but won't remember from which tmux session and pane I started it. How can I find out, given the process ID, from which session and ...
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tmux scrolling itself is fast, but after some weeks of running the tmux session, the start is slow
when i start scrolling back in tmux with CTRL+b+PgUp it first starts directly, but over time it starts really slow - some minutes untill the backscroll starts. When it is started, everything is ...
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tmux won't unbind Ctrl+b - (Delete the most recent paste buffer) [duplicate]
It seems like I can't unbind/rebind keys. In this scenario, I'm trying to change the split-window keys, but tmux doesn't seem to honor my config file.
For example, I'll try to 'split-window -v' via ...
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How to pad the tmux messages by one space to the left?
I am talking about that messages what you get when there is only one window and You try to switch the the next window by pressing C-b n:
It prints as
|No next window
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| No next ...
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tmux: always show session's windows list on left
I would like tmux to always show a list of the session's windows on the left.
When I click once on a window in the list, it should switch to that window on the right side (no preview - switch straight ...
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Find the tmux pane that has a certain directory in the directory stack
Sometimes I will lose track of what pane relates to a certain project that I'm working on. This happens most often when I cd out of a project directory and then let the keyboard get cold for an ...
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remap tmux keys to navigate panes as in vim
I navigate panes in vim by hitting Ctrl+w release + an arrow key (left|right|down|up) .
I'd like to change my tmux config so the pane navigation is the same as in vim so I don't have to context switch....
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Mouse events not working in Vim on Debian?
If I click on a line, I can see "19m" or "18m" etc. show up in the bottom right of the screen. If I scroll, nothing happens, but shift+click&drag works.
set encoding=utf8 ...
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tmux not starting a python script from cron
I am having issues with cron (Debian bullseye - Raspberry Pi 4) not starting a tmux session from a bash script I gave it to run on @reboot.
Here is the problematic fragment of my bash script:
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validity of imposing tmux on users
If you look at STIG reference V-230349 you will see the full text, which I am about to summarize.
The initial statement, or rule title, is RHEL 8 must ensure session control is automatically started ...
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how to source tmux session_id into tmux
I have this:
export session_uuid="$(uuidgen)"
remove_session() {
tmux kill-session -t "$session_uuid"
}
export -f remove_session
trap remove_session TERM INT SIGINT SIGTERM
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Tmux set-hook session-attached doesn't work with choose-tree mode
I've sat a hook in .tmux.conf. The assumption was it should reconnect last SSH session after tmux session was attached. The problem is it works only when attaching session using tmux a -t session_name....
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Copy all text in a tmux pane?
How can I copy all the text in a tmux pane?
Pressing Ctrl + b and ] I can select a portion of text, but it is cumbersome to scroll all the way to the top in a long pane.
Is there an easier way to ...
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Get current directory of last tmux pane
I'm looking for a tmux command to obtain the current directory (#{pane_current_path}) of the last focused pane, that doesn't require switching to it and switching back.
The following works:
tmux last-...
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tmux new-window command plus argument including spaces - bash var
I'm trying to execute a command on a new tmux window. A simple console/terminal pdf reader. The script needs argument, a PDF file, the file name may include spaces. I've tried this:
#!/bin/bash
tmux ...
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TMUX pane not fitting to terminal size
I am trying to use tmux on Kali linux and I maximize my terminal size. When I start tmux with the following command the pane does not fit to the terminal size: tmux new -s session
As seen in the ...
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How to prevent user input and create a read-only mode in tmux window?
I would like to create a read-only mode for a specific window within a tmux session. I want to prevent any user input or interactions in that window, effectively making it read-only. Changing the ...
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Is there a way to customize the keys in tmux's "choose mode"?
From tmux's manual
- Choose mode, which allows an item to be chosen from a
list. This may be a client, a session or window or pane,
or a buffer. This mode is entered ...
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tmux behave differently between the command lines and equivalent config file (.tmux.conf)
tmux behave differently between the command lines and equivalent config file (.tmux.conf)
command line:
bash$ tmux new \; split-window -h \;
config file (.tmux.conf), (and then, in the command line, ...
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Does tmux run-shell support interactive shell?
I know tmux run-shell can execute shell:
$ tmux run-shell "echo start; echo \${var}end"
start
end
But what if I want my shell could work interactively or read some user input,
$ tmux run-...
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How to stop background jobs in subshell with infinite loop?
In my tmux session over SSH, I ran:
( \
( while true; do echo subsubshell1 && sleep 5; done ) & \
( while true; do echo subsubshell2 && sleep 10; done ) & \
wait; \
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Cannot copy text from tmux integrated terminal in update 1.82.2
I solved this issue of copying text from tmux window inside Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal by holding Option key but with the latest upgrade to 1.82.2 I am not able to copy the text from ...
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Colors different when running nvim through tmux using alacritty config
Background:
I'm just setting up an install of Arcolinux. I have a keyboard shortcut SUPER+Enter to launch alacritty.
What I want is to have alacritty automatically create and start in a new tmux ...
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Unable to display conda environment in status bar
I am a newbie of Tmux and I am now configuring the status bar in Tmux. I want my tmux status bar can show the current Conda environment like Powerlevel10K. I tried set -g status-right "conda: #{...
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Keep Last Login Message on Tmux
all I am new to use Tmux and Alacritty as my main terminal emulator in my MacBook. In my Alacritty.config file, I set shell to be
shell:
program: /opt/homebrew/bin/tmux
args:
- new-session
-...
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Modify tmux run-shell PATH
I am creating a few scripts that I'm saving at $HOME/.local/bin; path which is added to the PATH in $HOME/.zshrc. If I execute them through the terminal, all is good. However, when I do tmux run-shell ...
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can I configure tmux with a single key shortcut for ":kill-session"?
I'm using tmux in an application (I have a script that automatically loads scripts in each split) and I'm wondering if there's a way to configure a single shortcut like ctrl-q (I realize that ctrl-c ...
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Cannot restart tmux session - Cannot unlink tmux socket file [duplicate]
I am using tmux to create a shared session in /tmp called tekkit.
All works fine, with one major exception.
When the tmux session is closed, the /tmp/tekkit socket file remains in place. This is a big ...
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tmux: combining xterm title & tmux provided title
I have a trap on DEBUG signal in bash, to update title in Xterm
__title() {
COMMAND="$BASH_COMMAND"
case "$COMMAND" in
history* | autojump*)
COMMAND=&...
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How to add a New Window button to status bar in tmux?
I would like to add a button to the status bar/line in tmux, which will create a new window on mouse click (provided that the mouse mode is on). How can I do it?
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Running tmux at startup on a different console (monitor)
Aloha !
I have a headless server connected to a monitor. The server has no graphical environment installed, nor has any keyboard or mice attached to it. I am able to login via SSH.
I would like to ...
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Linux Mint 20.2 unable to configure tmux with color terminal
I am having a problem configuring tmux to display a color prompt. By default I am using:
Gnome-terminal 3.36.2
tmux 3.0a
This is my ~/.tmux.conf
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
set ...
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Does any terminal multiplexer (screen, tmux, zellij) support job suspension (Ctrl-Z) in Bash?
As far as I've seen, pressing Ctrl-Z on any terminal multiplexer, or trying to start them in the background, does nothing or crashes.
I know that, in a sense, terminal multiplexers are a "...
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tmux continues using variables that are no longer defined in .bashrc
I am trying to reset my .bashrc, because it has become bloated and it takes long to start a console.
For this I did the following:
cp /etc/skel/.bashrc ~/.bashrc
This worked for the normal login bash ...
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Any way to apply .tmux.conf in the cwd automatically?
I have different projects and use bunch of tmux panels to manage them.
Unfortunately it's hard to keep track which panel has which project folder.
Is there any way to apply .tmux.conf in a folder ...
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tmux Won't Copy to Clipboard
I'm using macOS Ventura and the Terminal app that comes with it. I'm trying to copy from tmux to the system clipboard. I found this piece of code here and it won't work.
bind-key -Tcopy-mode-vi Enter ...
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Tmux not responding to bind-key
I have this in my .tmux.conf:
bind-key -n M-1 select-window -t :1
bind-key -n M-2 select-window -t :2
bind-key -n M-h select-window -p
bind-key -n M-l select-window -n
I'm expecting alt+h to go to ...
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tmux: why is my pane name forcibly suffixed with a "Z" char?
See my screenshot of tmux, some pane's title always get a suffix "Z" or "-Z", regardless that I have rename them.
Is there anyone can fix this issue?
My tmux version is 3.2a.
OS ...