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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Place tmux configuration in a different folder
I have my tmux configuration in "$DOTFILES"/tmux/tmux.conf and I'd like to know if this is a correct way of using that configuration without copying or symlinking it to the $HOME directory.
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Leave tmux text in terminal after exiting tmux. Possible?
I use Putty to connect to Linux (RHEL8). I start tmux (version 2.7) and do some work. Once done, I exit tmux. But the screen text in the tmux session is no longer in the Putty terminal. Is it possible ...
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How to find the escape sequence for `Shift + PageUp`/`Shift + PageDown`?
How can I find the escape sequence for Shift + PageUp/Shift + PageDown?
I googled and tried a few suggestions, but what always happens is that the screen scrolls up/down when I press this, or nothing ...
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Tmux sessions get killed on ssh logout
I am using tmux on a remote machine that I access over ssh. For some reason, the tmux sessions do not persist between consecutive ssh login sessions. I do not have this issue while logging into this ...
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Strange uncontrollable scrolling
I woke up this morning to this strangeness. It was not doing this when I left my computer yesterday.
I first noticed it when my tmux key bindings did not work. My prefix is Ctrl+Space. Then I noticed ...
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I can't grep tmux ls output when no tmux server is running
I'm trying to find a way to check if tmux server is running or not in order to update my zsh prompt with that information.
when tmux server is alive
> tmux ls
0: 1 windows (created Sat Jul 10 13:47:...
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launch tmux from crontab with script
I am having trouble launching tmux when executing a script through sudo crontab -e.
I am able to get it working ok when using this version:
* * * * * tmux new -d -s test_instance
However, this method ...
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bind c-w c-w in tmux
I want to bind C-w C-w in tmux to select pane -l. I basically want the same keybinding in tmux as the one in vim with C-w C-w.
I've tried binding C-w-w, C-ww, C-w-C-w but tmux keeps complaining about ...
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tmux: Lock session only when using tmux on console, not from a graphical DE
When using tmux on the tty, I want it to automatically lock after some time. This works with the following configuration in ~/.tmux.conf:
set -g lock-command vlock
set -g lock-after-time 30 # Seconds; ...
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How to ovewrite plugins configuration with user configuration?
I'd like to use tmux-pain-control but I have C-h set to move window left, and since tpm says it needs to go at the very bottom of the configuration file, the plugins always overwrite my configuration.
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Switch between light and dark mode in Vim and Tmux with one command?
I want to be able to change my background color mode throughout my tmux session with one command... I have a shell function bgl and bgd to set the background/colorschemes to be light and dark, and ...
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tmuxinator installed but no mux?
I am running Arch (with zsh) and I am trying to follow the Arch Wiki for setting up tmux. I want tmux to start automatically.
I've installed tmuxinator as per the instructions, but I get the error:
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Tmux shortcut conflict with iTerm
I use tmux on iTerm and I'm having trouble to remap a particular shortcut.
On tmux the default prefix M-Left and prefix M-Right are used to resize panes left and right respectively.
The thing is iTerm ...
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How to execute a command in tmux and detach using a single line command?
How can I get tmux to execute a command and then detach (That is, automatically in a single line without further input beyond initially starting the session)?
I don't know to write sophisticated ...
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Tmux vertical split looks bad
Whenever I try and split my tmux window vertically, the border looks like this whenever I Ctrl+C or if an error occurs. I'm running Kali Linux 2021.1 on VirtualBox. Has anyone encountered this type of ...
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Launch tmux with a command in the background without stopping said command when tmux stop running
So, I want to launch a shell command through tmux, but in the background and detaching from said tmux session...so I do it like so:
tmux new-session -A -s myprogramsession \; send -t myprogramsession &...
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What's the expected way to reconnect to shell instantiated tmux sessions that have timed out?
When using tmux sessions that are invoked as part of the shell instantiation, a new session will be created each time a user SSHes into a system. When detached (as in session timeout), the sessions ...
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How can I configure tmux to make only the first window of each session load a login shell (& all other subsequent panes/windows as non-login shells)?
Hopefully the title of this post is descriptive enough.
As well-documented in the tmux manuals, tmux launches a login shell every time a new tmux window or pane (split) is launched.
Instead, how can I ...
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Tmux pasting letter by letter
When I copy text into Tmux buffer and paste it in the same window, Tmux was pasting it letter by letter making it a 4 minute work. What is the issue?
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Change key bindings in tmux copy mode
I want to change the key binding in tmux copy mode. This is my tmux config:
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
So I use the vi keybindings for copy mode. But since I use the colemak keyboard layout ...
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How to reset the current Tmux session?
I sometimes experience a state of tmux, where Prefix-c stops working although Prefix- still works for other commands. Also, in this state, key bindings like bind -T copy-mode-vi y send-keys -X copy-...
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why is shell (new terminal, new tmux panes/windows) slow to load?
When I open a new terminal it takes a couple seconds for the shell to load, when I open a new pane or window in tmux it might even take a second longer. The delay is about 3 seconds.
I'm using zsh ...
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Tmux: What is the default format for `tmux ls` and how to check it?
An example output with the default format of "tmux ls" is like this below (for me):
$ tmux ls
26: 1 windows (created Fri Apr 23 10:57:23 2021) [90x30]
27: 1 windows (created Sat Apr 24 01:...
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Terminal sessions and docker permission in tmux
I have some basic Linux processes, terminal session, and docker permission problem. It may be a silly question.
The situation: I have created a user group and added my user into it to use docker ...
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How to get both the current working directory and the current process in the status line for tmux?
I would like to have two status lines with the first status line showing which directory the window is in and the second one showing which process is running in the window. Is this possible? I use ...
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Reduce overall size of tmux
For various reasons, I'm doing a lot of work these days using the floating software keyboard on an iPad. Part of the time I'm sshing into remote systems, where I naturally run tmux. The various SSH ...
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How to respawn all tmux panes at once
Let's say I am using a tmux window with 4 panes (like the example in this question. Now I change some environment variable and I want the new value to be recognized in all 4 panes. Is there a ...
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What term types actually work with Tmux and AWS SSM? Split terminals don't show the dividers
I've been battling a pretty annoying issue lately when using AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and Tmux. When I split the terminal, the dividers disappear and the screen gets very whacky. For example, the ...
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TERM=tmux-256color causes “Error opening terminal”
I want to enable italics in tmux (inside iTerm2 on macOS Big Sur 11.3). I have achieved this by setting this in .tmux.conf
set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
And I have installed ...
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Tmux change to the next session conf file
I want to change my tmux.conf file to change to the next and previous session with cntrl+shift+0 and cntrl+shift+9 respectively. But i don't know how to get the next and previous session target.
This ...
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tmux full screen moved towards left after using stty
I was working with stty inside a Debian system.
I don't understand how stty works, but the command I had to run was:
stty raw -echo
then when I press ctrl C to close it, tmux got moved to the left. ...
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Start process and access the “shell” at a later time
I have a remote testing machine which is experiencing some failures. What I would like to do is trigger a gdb process upon failure on the remote machine, and then ssh into the remote machine and ...
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cycle tmux windows of the same name
this question (to my knowledge) has not been asked before, yet would benefit anyone that uses tmux!
I tried searching github too for plugins etc, but no luck yet.
What I'd like to achieve:
Cycle ...
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Neovim changes color inside tmux
I've tried to add these two lines to .tmux.conf
set -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"
set-option -ga terminal-...
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How do I set a previous paste buffer in tmux back to the active buffer?
Is it possible to get a previous tmux paste buffer back to the active buffer (the one that's pasted when pressing Prefix+])?
E.g. I have
(0) buffer2: 21:56: bar
(1) buffer1: 21:55: foo
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separate stderrs of different pipe commands to different tmux/screen/ncurses/… windows?
I have a pipe which contains multiple commands which tend to write to stderr. Naturally, the output will be interleaved.
I wonder if there is a utility that neatly separates the stderrs of the ...
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tmux doesn't inherit PATH variable when inside docker?
I am trying to run tmux inside docker container. It runs but looses variables like PATH, for example inside container:
root@sparkmaster:/opt/bitnami/spark# ls /opt/bitnami/python/bin/python
/opt/...
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Tmux black text on black background bottom line
I am loosing my mind. Which of these settings is causing black on black text when I enter tmux's "command mode" (normally obtained with Crtl-B-:? I tried playing with the settings of ...
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Why is `split-window` needed to get a shell in window 0 when sourcing commands?
I restore common setups for my project with something equivalent to this:
setup_file=myproj.tmux
tmux new-session "tmux source-file $setup_file"
I would normally assume that starting a new ...
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tmux ctrl-p now scroll now working
I am using ubuntu in WSL2 and Windows terminal preview, with tmux in daily usage. The ctrl-p key in copy-mode works normally for months, but today after a sudden windows hangs, I restart the Windows ...
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Switching to another vertically split window with a mouse click won't work in vim inside a tmux session depending on where you click
I'm using vim with two windows vertically split inside a tmux session. When I try to move to the right window by clicking inside the window, tmux will respond as if the column size is smaller than the ...
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Is it possible to move .tmux.conf to ~/.config folder?
I want to move the .tmux.conf file from ~ to ./config/..., but I'm not sure about whether this would lead to tmux would not know about this location. So where are the alternative location(s) where ...
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How can I make tmux use “C-b C-b C-b” to get into the 3rd nested tmux session?
In tmux I get into the 2nd nested session by using C-b C-b (Ctrl+b twice). But if I have a 3rd nested session, I can't use C-b C-b C-b to get to the 3rd nested session. Somehow if I spam C-b, ...
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Tmux won't start under WSL2
Tmux fails to start with
error creating /run/user/$(id -u)/tmux-1000 (No such file or directory)
But starts fine under root
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Rename TMUX window based on custom function in ZSH
I have a custom function in my ~/.zshrc file:
function getCustomWindowName {
# runs 'sed' on 'pwd' to get special dir name
# and set it to $workspace
if $workspace is valid; then
echo $...
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how to fix tmux keybinding? (after upgrading to 3.0a)
I was previously using tmux in Kubuntu 19.10 (where my keybinding worked) and just upgraded to Kubuntu 20.04 (where the binding no longer works). I don't know the previous tmux version but currently ...
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tmux does not pass Ctrl-; and similar keybindings to Emacs; TTY, XTerm, and LXTerminal all do
This question is different from
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/1020, and the beautiful answer
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/13957, which is about xterm not
"passing" certain key ...
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How can a tmux user migrate to GNU screen?
I have been using tmux for a few years and the keybinding have become a habit but I have to work on a system where tmux is not available but GNU screen is.
How can I configure the .screenrc so that ...
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How to prevent tmux from creating new session automatically?
I use tmux-continuum and tmux-resurrect to save and restore tmux sessions. Say I restart my computer and open iTerm, I run tmux, then it will create a numbered session automatically (please see the ...
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Tmux length of a portion of status-right
I want to store the length of the appended portion of status-right on the Status Line which I have set to be of nonconstant length; specifically I want the length of what comes after "set -ag ...
