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Ubuntu - tmux - Using tmux - Create a Session

A Session is like a Desktop.

Applications are visible here.

A session holds one or more Windows

Basic Un-Named Session

tmux

Name the Session

It is suggested to give a Session a Unique name.

This will allow this specific Session to be referred to in later commands. 

tmux new -s a_session_name

displays: 

sessions should be nested with care, unset $TMUX to force

NOTE: tmux does support Nested sessions, but this adds complexity.

For instance to create a new Window within a specific session, an additional b is needed: 

<CTRL-b> + b + c