Tmux

Infobox Software
name = tmux
developer = [http://sourceforge.net/users/nicm/ Nicholas Mariott]
latest_release_version = 0.3
latest_release_date = 17-Jun-2008
programming language = C
operating system = POSIX
genre = Command line interface
license = BSD License
website = [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux]

"tmux" is a free terminal multiplexer developed as a simple, modern, BSD licensed alternative to programs such as GNU Screen. It allows a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal instance. Like GNU Screen, it is useful for dealing with multiple programs from the command line, and for detaching programs from the shell that spawned the program.

Features

Similarly to the way other terminal multiplexers like dtach, Twin, and GNU Screen work, tmux can be thought of as a text user interface version of a window manager. Features include:

;Client-Server System: sessions run as clients for a single server instance, created automatically if no server is already running;Multiplexing: multiple terminal sessions, or "windows", managed within the same tmux session;Per-Session Options: inherited from global options if not set;Persistence: the ability to attach and detach tmux sessions, leaving any shells (and their subprocesses) managed by tmux running while detached;Shared Sessions: more than one user at a time can attach to the same tmux session;Window Options: including maximum width and height

See also

* List of Unix utilities

External links

* Project page for [http://freshmeat.net/projects/tmux/ tmux] at freshmeat.net