Basic TMUX tutorial & cheatsheet

Learn TMUX in minutes with this straight-to-the-point tutorial.
TMUX is a screen multiplexer that allows you to create multiple, concurrent command prompts in a single persistent terminal session. Many TMUX tutorials are extremely detailed, but this one is simple and easy. In this video tutorial I'll demonstrate how to create TMUX sessions, add or remove TMUX windows, and split TMUX panes. Along with this demonstration of TMUX features, I'll show a simple cheatsheet to get you up and running. Lastly, I talk through how TMUX can be used with SSH sessions to help mitigate SSH disconnections from impacting developer productivity.
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3 ESSENTIAL TMUX CUSTOMIZATIONS: www.themoderncoder.com/basic-...
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro & TMUX cheatsheet
0:20 Create a TMUX session
0:37 Split TMUX panes
0:59 Maximize TMUX pane
1:16 Cycle pane focus
1:43 Close a TMUX pane
1:57 Create a TMUX window
2:26 Rename a TMUX window
2:46 Close a TMUX window
2:55 Detach a TMUX session
3:24 Re-attach a TMUX session
3:33 SSH with TMUX
3:46 TMUX cheatsheet
4:04 Additional TMUX resources
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[@NicholasShanks]

1:04: "And that maximises the pain" - I feel it bro.

[@themoderncoder]

lol

[@jeffp5138]

Great video, I'm not a tmux fan but that's all that's available at a few places I work. This quick tutorial will make things easier.

[@themoderncoder]

Awesome, thanks for leaving a comment, glad it helped

[@blanky_nap]

tmux advanced video would be great!

[@themoderncoder]

Anything in particular you’d like to see covered?

[@blanky_nap]

@@themoderncoder I have read tmux allows two different users to attach to the same session and work in parallel on the same file. Is great feature for example in case of pair programming

[@themoderncoder]

@@blanky_nap huh I have heard of that - could be a nice short follow up

[@aion3646]

tmux command runs let's say database backup but if suddenly any error comes and terminates session with error code is it possible to reconnect without manual intervention ? I can share screenshots as well

[@themoderncoder]

Processes running inside TMUX (like the web server I showed in the video), won't terminate the TMUX session if they crash. They'll just crash and you can re-attach the TMUX session to see the error.

[@aion3646]

@@themoderncoder after seeing errors is there any tmux command that re-run previous command line that crashed start automatically?

[@Vogel42]

ctrl+b z stands for "zen" or "zoom".

[@themoderncoder]

oh cool, never knew!