tmux is a useful tool:

• to maintain sessions when ssh connection failed.

• to make windows (tabs) and control them only with keyboard.

• to make panes (split windows vertically or horizontally…) and control them only with keyboard.

• and so on…

Basic tmux commands

From out of the tmux session.

• tmux new -s [session_name] : make a new session.

• tmux ls : list current session list.

Inside of the tmux session. You should press Ctrl and b simultaneously for [Ctrl+b]. And the other keys follow.

• [Ctrl + b] + $ : rename the current session.

• [Ctrl + b] + c : make a new window. (You can find window information at the left bottom of the screen.)

• [Ctrl + b] + , : rename the current window.

• [Ctrl + b] + n : move to next window.

• [Ctrl + b] + p : move to previous window.

• [Ctrl + b] + [number] : move to [number]-th window.

• [Ctrl + b] + % : split window (make a new pane) horizontally.

• [Ctrl + b] + « : split window (make a new pane) vertically.

• [Ctrl + b] + o : move to next pane

• [Ctrl + b] + q + [number of pane] : move to the pane selected.

• [Ctrl + d] : exit from current pane, window, or tmux session.