Introduction to tmux

The tmux package enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed and contolled from a single screen. Essentially it is a terminal within the terminal it is launched in.

First off install tmux from the apt repository:

$ sudo apt install tmux

Once installed, you can launch tmux from the terminal you are in:

$ tmux

• To split your window horizonally use ctrl + B then release both keys and press the % key

• To split a window verically use ctrl + B then release both keys and press the " key

• To move about the split panels in a window use ctrl + B and then release both keys and the directionall arrows on the keyboard, left, right, up and down.

• To close a panel use type:

  Terminal

  $ exit