Linux system admins and developers spend a lot of time on terminals. Sometimes that means using multiple terminals simultaneously. tmux is a terminal multiplexer that makes working with multiple terminals easy. Straight to the features:
- Very lightweight
- Has key-bindings for almost everything you can do with it
- Split the terminal horizontally and vertically
- Attach to or detach a terminal session running in the background
- Supports many color bit-depths (like 88 or 256), Unicode, UTF-8.
- Extensive manual that explains the key-bindings. The common ones are
<Ctrl-b-arrow keys>(to change terminals)
<Ctrl-b-">(horizontal split)
<Ctrl-b-%>(vertical split)
<Ctrl-b-&>(kill all panes)
Installation
To install in Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install tmux
Webpage: tmux
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