How to Quick-Start With Tmux Terminal Multiplexer on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS Gnu/Linux Easy Guide

Linux Ubuntu Tmux Quick Start

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Tmux Terminal Multiplexer for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Desktop.

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.

In Tumx there are 2 Nested Entities: Windows & Panes. A Window Layout Can Contains many Arrangeable Panes.

More than this there are Tmux Sessions that in Tmux Terminology are Called also Clients.

1. Open a Command Line Shell Session
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Installing Tmux for Ubuntu.

   sudo su -c "apt-get install tmux"

3. Launching Tmux.

   tmux

4. Tmux Commands Quick Start
   Ctrl+b is the Tmux Command Prefix
   Here below For the sake of Clarity the Ctrl+b will be Repeated for Every Command.

   To List the Available Commands:

   Ctrl+b ?

   To Create a New Pane:

   Ctrl+b "

   To Change Panes Layouts:

   Ctrl+b Space

   To Rotate Panes into Layout:

   Ctrl+b Ctrl+o

   To Switch into another Pane:

   Ctrl+b ;

   Then follow to Investigate and Execute with all Others Tmux Commands…
   
   Good Luck!