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Tmux Iterm

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer.

It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.

tmux is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session. It is useful for dealing with multiple programs from a command-line interface, and for separating programs from the Unix shell that started the program. It provides much of the same functionality as GNU Screen, but it is distributed under a BSD license

Iterm Commands on server

Prefix - Ctrl + b

Prefix + s - List of sessions in our tmux server
Prefix + $ - Rename session
Prefix + d - Detach current session (not about deleting it, just leaving it in the background). We go to the terminal and it will show us a message similar to [detached (from session mySession)].
Prefix + c - Create window
tmux kill-server - tmux
tmux kill-window
tmux kill-session
tmux kill-session -t <session_name>

# Panes
Prefix +% - Divide it vertically
Prefix + " - Divide it horizontally
Prefix + x - Close pane
Prefix + spacebar - Change the layout of the current panes
Prefix + Left/Right - For switching between panes
Prefix + c - create a new tab
Prefix + z - full screen current pane
ctrl + d - close current tab

# Set Mouse off
Ctrl-b = : set -g mouse off
Ctrl-b = :set -g mouse on

# Scrolling
Ctrl-b + [ (opening square bracket)
Enter for stopping scrolling

# Maximizing
ctrl+b + z

Iterm commands on local

Command + D (split vertically)
Command + shift + D (split horizontally)
Command + W (close the pane)
Command + Shift + Enter (maximize the current pane)
Command + Shift + F (show command history)
Command + control + left/right (increase size of window)
Command + alt + left/right (move between panes)
Command + enter (maximize/minimize)
cmd + z - undo closed terminal/pane
Command + k (Clear buffer)

ctrl + w - delete one word back

tmux attach -t <name>
tmux attach -t 0
tmux ls #list all tmux sessions

Shell integration

https://iterm2.com/documentation-shell-integration.html

Others

byobu

Byobu is a GPLv3 open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer. It was originally designed to provide elegant enhancements to the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen, for the Ubuntu server distribution. Byobu now includes an enhanced profiles, convenient keybindings, configuration utilities, and toggle-able system status notifications for both the GNU Screen window manager and the more modern Tmux terminal multiplexer, and works on most Linux, BSD, and Mac distributions.

https://www.byobu.org