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sudo apt-get install tmux

ImportError: No module named virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader
virtualenvwrapper.sh: There was a problem running the initialization hooks.

For the solution, see Issues.

To run:

tmux

Create a new sessions with the name basic:

tmux new -s basic

Create a new session with the name second_session and detach it from the terminal:

tmux new -s second_session -d

Create a new session named windows and name the first window shell:

tmux new -s windows -n shell

tmux ls

tmux attach -t second_session

See detach below…

tmux kill-session -t second_session

using my own configuration file, the following shortcuts will work…

ctrl a, ?	help
ctrl a, c	create a new session
ctrl a, d	detach from a session
ctrl a, &	close a session (or `exit`)
ctrl a, ctrl a	switch to previous session (last window)
ctrl a, number	switch to session number
ctrl a, w	list open windows
ctrl a, f	find a window by name
ctrl a, %	split screen vertically
ctrl a, “	split screen horizontally
ctrl a, spacebar	cycle through standard pane layouts
ctrl a, q	momentarily display pane numbers
ctrl a, z	zoom (or un-zoom) a pane
ctrl a, o	switch to another pane
ctrl a, arrow	switch to another pane using the arrow keys
ctrl a, x	kill pane
ctrl a, ,	rename a session
ctrl a, :	command mode

Note: On a standard configuration, ctrl a is ctrl b…

Switch to command mode first ctrl a, :

source-file ~/.tmux.conf

new-window -n console

… and start a process:

new-window -n processes "top"

On the server where you want to use tmux with other users:

sudo addgroup tmux
sudo mkdir /var/tmux
sudo chgrp tmux /var/tmux
sudo chmod g+ws /var/tmux

For each user (in this example, the user is called ted:

sudo usermod -aG tmux ted

Note: Make sure each user who does this, logs out, and back in, before continuing…

One user creates the session:

tmux -S /var/tmux/pair

Other users in the group can attach to the session:

tmux -S /var/tmux/pair attach