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tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
This tool is similar to GNU screen.
Run tmux by:
tmux
To detach or minimize: ctrl+b then d to attach again:
tmux attach
If you’ve currently more than 1 session running, then you can rename the sessions. First of all, we need to check the list by:
tmux list-sessions
Below is the result of list of sessions:
0: 1 windows (created Mon Jul 20 03:08:26 2015) [85x8]
1: 1 windows (created Fri Jul 24 02:14:02 2015) [85x8]
If you want to rename a session, type:
tmux rename-session -t 0 newname
Then we can attach to a particular session by:
tmux attach-session -t newname