Get current directory of last tmux pane I’m looking for a tmux command to obtain the current directory (#{pane_current_path}) of the last focused pane, that doesn’t require switching to it and switching back. The following works: tmux last-pane echo "$(tmux display-message -pF "#{pane_current_path}")" tmux last-pane however I was wondering if there is a way to …
tmux new-window command plus argument including spaces – bash var I’m trying to execute a command on a new tmux window. A simple console/terminal pdf reader. The script needs argument, a PDF file, the file name may include spaces. I’ve tried this: #!/bin/bash tmux new-window "pdftotext -layout -nopgbrk "${1}" – | less" It works on …
How to prevent user input and create a read-only mode in tmux window? I would like to create a read-only mode for a specific window within a tmux session. I want to prevent any user input or interactions in that window, effectively making it read-only. Changing the window option to enable/disable this feature would be …
Is there a way to customize the keys in tmux's "choose mode"? From tmux’s manual – Choose mode, which allows an item to be chosen from a list. This may be a client, a session or window or pane, or a buffer. This mode is entered with the choose-buffer, choose-client and choose-tree commands. And if …
tmux behave differently between the command lines and equivalent config file (.tmux.conf) tmux behave differently between the command lines and equivalent config file (.tmux.conf) command line: bash$ tmux new ; split-window -h ; config file (.tmux.conf), (and then, in the command line, we just type ‘tmux’) new split-window -h The command line version nicely shows …
How to stop background jobs in subshell with infinite loop? In my tmux session over SSH, I ran: ( ( while true; do echo subsubshell1 && sleep 5; done ) & ( while true; do echo subsubshell2 && sleep 10; done ) & wait; ) How can I stop both background jobs without rebooting? I …
All users getting "error creating /tmp//tmux-1003 (Permission denied)" when using tmux tmux used to work, but i forgot exactly what I did on the server to cause all users to not being to use tmux. I’m getting the errors for 2 different users: error creating /tmp//tmux-1003 (Permission denied) and error creating /tmp//tmux-1006 (Permission denied) What …
tmux: combining xterm title & tmux provided title I have a trap on DEBUG signal in bash, to update title in Xterm __title() { COMMAND="$BASH_COMMAND" case "$COMMAND" in history* | autojump*) COMMAND="" ;; esac if [ "$COMMAND" ]; then echo -ne "e]0;${COMMAND}07" else echo -ne "e]0; … 07" } if [ "$BASH" ]; then case …
Does any terminal multiplexer (screen, tmux, zellij) support job suspension (Ctrl-Z) in Bash? As far as I’ve seen, pressing Ctrl-Z on any terminal multiplexer, or trying to start them in the background, does nothing or crashes. I know that, in a sense, terminal multiplexers are a "replacement" for job control, and usually, they have their …
Remap tmux prefix shortcut of control b I tried to remap tmux prefix shortcut from control b to control / by unbind-key C-b set-option -g prefix C-/ bind-key C-/ send-prefix but not fulfill the expectation, how is the correct way to accomplish it ? Asked By: HELP ME || Source It looks like you’ve got …
tmux session must exit correctly on clicking close button How can a tmux session exit correctly i.e. completely on the quit/exit by way of clicking terminal window’s close button, as it’ll keep the tmux session remains on its OS pid Asked By: HELP ME || Source One of tmux‘s design goals is that the session …
After enabling mouse in tmux(3.0a), How to use it to switch Pane or windows. I am using Conemu I have enabled mouse option setting in conemu(version 220807 64 alpha) as well as on tmux(3.0a on remote system with Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS) but still not able to switch Panes or Windows with it. If I use …
tmux: why is my pane name forcibly suffixed with a "Z" char? See my screenshot of tmux, some pane’s title always get a suffix "Z" or "-Z", regardless that I have rename them. Is there anyone can fix this issue? My tmux version is 3.2a. OS is Ubuntu Jammy. Asked By: osexp2000 || Source The …
How do I kill a hung ssh session within tmux Here’s my setup: Workstation==ssh=>jumphost(tmux with split panes)==ssh=>server1 ==ssh=>server2 If either of the two connections to the servers becomes unresponsive, how can I terminate them? Sending ~. is not a convenient option as it would terminate the first ssh session. Asked By: Philippe || Source In …
Getting italics working correctly in tmux I have an issue that the colors and font don’t get produced correctly in tmux. The same output looks different when the command is run outside vs inside tmux. Outside tmux: Inside tmux: As suggested here, I have set -g default-terminal "screen-256color" in my .tmux.conf. The output of tput …
Unable to access jarfile in a tmux session from startup I have a script which starts a new tmux session and runs the Minecraft launch command like so: #!/bin/bash # Create a new session and run a command inside the session tmux new-session -d -s mc tmux set-option -t mc set-remain-on-exit on tmux send-keys -t …
How to press Ctrl + b + capital I (trying to install plugins in tmux)? Everywhere they say Press ctrl + b + I (capital I) to fetch the plugin. What does that mean? Is it like ctrl + b + shift + i or ctrl + b + capslock(on) + i (capital I) or …
Child and sibling processes from running tmux in zsh I am using Ubuntu 22.04.1 on WSL 2 (though the fact that it is Unix is only relevant for this question) How come when we run tmux from a zsh session, the process tree (which I have abridged somewhat) changes from init(Ubuntu)─┬─SessionLeader───Relay(9)─┬─ssh-agent └─zsh───pstree to init(Ubuntu)─┬─SessionLeader───Relay(9)─┬─ssh-agent ├─tmux: …
How to use trap with child tmux process? I am looking to execute a function when a child tmux process is terminated. Consider the following script: #!/bin/bash function foo { echo "foo exit" } trap foo SIGHUP tmux this script starts tmux. Then, from inside of the tmux session, I run: $ tmux kill-session tmux …
tmux pan around manually sized window I have a server-type setup in tmux, with my main server application to the left and some resource monitors to the right. But I’m accessing the server with a computer that has a very small display, so it can’t display a lot of characters at once and the tmux …
