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

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