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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How to copy/paste text using the mouse from one tmux instance in one terminal emulator to another tmux instance in a different terminal emulator?
How can I copy some text using the mouse, between two terminal emulator instances, each running its own instance of tmux?
I've read this:
How to copy and paste with a mouse with tmux
And various ...
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tmux: is it possible to dim the inactive window and on the same time have transparent background?
is it possible to dim the inactive tmux panes and also still have transparent background in the terminal?
the part of the tmux.conf which dims the inactive looks like that
## FROM https://...
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Infinite-loop shell script in tmux status bar
I wrote a bash script to display cmus status in tmux status bar. It has worked fine for a while, but recently after a fresh reinstall of Debian 9 tmux displays <'path/cmus-status.sh' not ready> ...
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`screen` not creating log file when run inside tmux/byobu?
When we use screen command with -L option, it creates log files of the session with names like screelog.0, screenlog.1 and so on. These log files are created inside the directory in which the screen ...
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How to uninstall, remove, or disable powerline for tmux?
Running Ubuntu 18. I configured tmux with powerlines and would like to reset back to the default look. I have tried removing all the things I remember related to powerline, the pip install, plugin ...
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gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled under tmux?
I have found a strange error. It is OK when I commit using gpg with git under bash or zsh.
git commit -S -m "xxx"
However when I commit it under tmux, I got:
gpg: signing failed: Operation ...
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How can start multiple tmux autoscript?
This is in my TmuxHome.sh Script with I can start One Only Tmux Session:
# tmux Start Script Need To Work!!
if which tmux >/dev/null 2>&1; then
#if not inside a tmux session, and ...
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Run command in copy mode
For my current project, most work happens in tmux on a remote system. Sometimes, I would like to copy text from the remote system to my local machine (i.e. for sending email). My current workflow is
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Tmux: automatically run commands in the event of creating new pane or window
I have fixed a, b, c sessions - their name won't be changed and already auto created when I start tmux.
I'd like to auto run a command in the event of creating new pane or new window in a session ...
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Can attaching to tmux sessions be password protected, similar to gnu screen?
I've been using gnu screen for many years, and I've been looking into switching to tmux.
I can't figure out how to make tmux require a password when attaching to a session. In gnu screen, I use ...
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Bash script to open tmux but can't see username
I have a bash script that starts a tmux session with some monitoring tools, and have a cronjob that runs it on startup; however, I can't see the usual prefix to my commands, and I can't use any arrow ...
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How to run tmux cmds in nodejs
Is there any way to run tmux cmds like tmux kill-server, tmuxinator attach etc. through nodejs. I have searched online but not able to find anything useful which can aid me to remove my error.
I was ...
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Prevent Logoff from Killing tmux Session
I have noticed that a logoff (log out) from my X user session will kill any tmux session I have initiated, even sessions I had run with sudo tmux and similar commands. I am sure that this formerly did ...
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How to attach to an active session with a specific window and run a cronjob?
On my development setup I have an active session with multiple windows, I'd like to spit out the cronjob's output to this active session into a specific window .
I wrote in the crontab the command:
/...
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How can I use a mac to scroll and copy-paste text on the tmux via ssh?
I always use macos Terminal.app to control my ubuntu servers via ssh, and I need to use tmux to keep my program running in background.
Now, I know how to configure the tmux (on my ubuntu servers) to ...
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Copy text in remote tmux/irrsi to local machine
I have my IRC setup done in the following way: my VPS runs tmux, which runs an instance of irssi. I connect to my VPS using mosh, which is SSH over UDP.
Now, when someone posts a link in an IRC ...
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How can I leave the tmux server running after the last session exists?
I'm trying to run tmux as a systemd user service ~/.config/systemd/user/tmux.service. When I start the service with systemd --user start tmux and then run tmux from a terminal, it seems to correctly ...
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How can I kill tmux windows from the window list?
When I press Ctrl+b, W, tmux shows the list of all current windows and their panes. How can I kill a window and its panes from within this list view?
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How can I list tmux windows in collapsed view by default?
When I press Ctrl+b, W, tmux shows the list of all current windows and their panes as a tree. The problem is that this is very long when using many windows. I can collapse a window in the list by ...
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TMUX + Rails = stty: 'standard input': unable to perform all requested operations
I have a fairly large Rails project that always returns the following after every command in the Rails console:
stty: 'standard input': unable to perform all requested operations
This only happens ...
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Finding a tmux window where a pts belong
For some reason I seem to collect a lot of tmux windows (and browser tabs, but that's a different story). I have a process that is in the background of one of the windows, and I would like to find ...
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Tmux not loading statusbar config till reload
I have a tmux config with the line bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf where ~/.tmux.conf is my current tmux config.
This works fine and has a status bar that looks like:
[ cpStudy ] * 96% ( ...
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Ubuntu 18 Tmux 2.6-3 copy paste functionality with xclip non functional
I recently did a fresh Ubuntu 18 install and copied over my home directory from my previous Ubuntu 16 setup. However this seems to have broken the copy paste functionality I had previously with xclip (...
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Screen and kitty what should $TERM be?
Why does tmux report
$TERM=screen-256color
Normally kitty reports
$TERM=xterm-kitty
Which should I use if I run tmux inside kitty? Obviously kitty provides advanced functionality and that makes ...
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tmux send-keys confirm ssh tunnel is closed (after sending multiple commands to the remote host) before proceeding
there is an answer here about tmux using wait-for and LocalCommand to wait until the SSH connection is established before continuing, but I needed a way to have tmux wait for the ssh session to be ...
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Tmux window switch and SSH - reattach display
I am attaching through ssh -Y to my server, and rotating with tmux to a preexisting window. The problem is, if I just
export DISPLAY=:<port ssh used originally for X>
evince #for example
On ...
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Does tmux support session initialization?
Tmux supports creating sessions, and with the -A flag attaching to session if they already exist rather than creating them. But, if they don't exist and tmux has to create them, what's the best way to ...
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How do run my script inside tmux on server startup
I have a bot which I run inside tmux session to keep it alive always. Sometimes, I server reboots and if I am not home or with the internet, my bot remains offline.
I can add a cron job to start the ...
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Shared and non-shared history together
Using zsh (in tmux), I would like to access the session history with Up and the shared history with Shift+Up (or similar).
Does anybody know how this could be achieved?
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How to background a process when tmux prefix is z?
Usually I would background the foreground process using ctrl-z, but when running in tmux with the prefix key bound to z, then obviously ctrl-z just invokes tmux. Likewise if I try to escape the ctrl-z ...
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How to start tmux upon running terminal?
I'm using xfce, and want to create a shortcut Super + t for starting up terminal with tmux. What command should I put it to execute upon shortcut? I tried st tmux attach , however it fails when there ...
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Can I ask Tmux to immediately exit copy mode and paste the content when you yank?
I am using vi mode for my tmux. I mapped 'enter copy mode' to M-0. This is really convenient: just my left thumb on left-Alt and my right ring finger on 0
after that , i navigate with vi keys. When I ...
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xst terminal: normal clipboard disabled when in tmux
When use xst not in tmux, clipboard somehow share the same with the system/os/or-whatever-idk, but I can copy from firefox/chrome and paste into xst.
But with tmux I can't do that, tmux only allow ...
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tmux: Select and copy pane text with mouse
My Problem
When I select text from tmux using the mouse, the block selection spans to neighbouring panes.
What Have I Tried
set -g mouse on
Hitting option while selecting (Mac's equivalent for alt)
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tmux: Switch windows and panes with a single key
My Problem
tmux key bindings require two separate key hits to enter a command. The first is called a prefix, and set to control+a. The second key performs the actual command, for example:
c create ...
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Tmux 2.8: only enable mouse to resize pane
I search in previous version of tmux that seems has this feature, but on newer version, devs removed it with only mouse [on|off] or I didnt find it properly.
How to enable mouse for resize pane only? ...
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Tmux: disable preview window
When you press prefix + s or prefix + w, tmux displays preview window for windows.
How to disable this feature completely. I find it pretty annoying.
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Tmux: terminal color is different inside tmux
OS: Arch latest
zsh: 5.6.2.1
tmux: 2.8.1
TERM: screen-256color
Color of vim both in terminal st-terminal and tmux set correctly.
But zsh's color - shell's color changed.
e.g: do ls in terminal ...
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tmux inconsistencies with canceling something
When I do :ls, I have to use enter or ctrl-c to close.
When I want to cancel the prompt of something like :letmeout, I have to use ctrl-c to cancel.
This led me to simply use ctrl-c to get out of ...
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Bash interactive shell hangs when Tmux is suspended if it was automatically started by Bash startup file
When I manually start Tmux by issuing tmux from my Bash interactive shell I can later suspend Tmux with CTRL-BZ without problems. Pressing this key combination brings me back to the parent process, i....
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New tmux session only sources .zshrc, and doesn't pick up the $PATH defined in .profile
After reading multiple questions on this topic I still feel lost. I read suggestions that one should set the environment variables including $PATH in .profile instead of specifically in .bashrc or ....
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tmux report error on vi copy mode?
i have been using the same config for a long time
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I start to receive this kind of error:
/home/user/.tmux.conf:13: ...
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Terminal colors look wrong when using tmux with termite
The terminal i'm using is termite, and it is very good, but i'm having a problem with vim colorschemes and some colors in the terminal itself too when using tmux. It happens as follows:
As you can ...
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Tmux binding error `returned 127` in cygwin
I want to use a clipboard manager in tmux. It is the CopyQ, but it does not matter, I guess. In ~/.tmux.conf I set following binding:
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
bind C-y run 'out=`tmux save-...
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Tmux: change border's color of previews when choosing sessions
When I create several sessions and use prefix + s to change between them, the lower half of the screen shows a preview of each window, with its index and name. How can I change the border's color of ...
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Tmux: resize in detach mode result in strange panes' size
I have a tmux session created in detach mode and I ran a series tmux commands in a script to ceate panes and resize panes but when trying to attach to the session, panes are in different size, if in ...
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Why do num key slash, asterisk, minus, and plus not work in > tmux 2.1?
On some of my newer Ubuntus, the number keypad /, *, -, and + keys don't work. If I quit tmux and just use a regular ol' Putty SSH session, they do.
Ubuntu 14 tmux 1.8 works
Ubuntu 16 tmux 2.1 works
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tmux root binding not working
bind-key -T prefix j select-pane -t :.+1
works when I type Ctrl+a, j
bind-key -T root C-j select-pane -t :.+1
does nothing when I type Ctrl+j.
I'...
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How to install tmux on Centos?
When I execute yum install tmux, it gives me an error:
Setting up Install Process
No package tmux available.
Error: Nothing to do
Any idea on how to solve this issue?
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Foreground, background color of scroll position indicator
I was trying to change the foreground and background color of the scroll position indicator in tmux but didn't find the option name in the manuals. Was wondering if there is a setting to change that. ...
