intro to screen & tmux

ups, connection dropped...

why?

• more than one window in a session.
• more than one pane in a window.
• keep processes running in background.

"AHH, connection dropped during migration..." - No more :)

screen basics

• start: ~ screen
• list sessions: ~ screen -ls
• attach: ~ screen -r [session-number]

available for Linux / Mac / Cygwin

screen basics

• Prefix: Ctrl-a
• new window: Ctrl-a c
• list windows: Ctrl-a "
• detach: Ctrl-a d

quick reference http://bit.ly/screen-quick-reference

tmux

• like screen but better.
• client - server.

tmux basics

• start: ~ tmux
• list sessions: ~ tmux list-sessions
• list connected clients: ~ tmux list-clients
• attach: ~ tmux attach-session [-t session-number]

available for Linux / Mac / Cygwin

tmux basics

• Prefix: Ctrl-b
• new window: Ctrl-b c
• vertical pane split: Ctrl-b "
• horizontal pane split: Ctrl-b %
• move through panes: Ctrl-b arrows
• detach: Ctrl-b d
• help: Ctrl-b ?

Demooooo

What is teamocil?

simple tool used to automatically create sessions, windows and panes in tmux with YAML files.

http://teamocil.com/

teamocil basics

				
~ gem install teamocil
~ mkdir ~/.teamocil
~ teamocil --edit sample
~ tmux
~ teamocil sample
				
			

~/.teamocil/four.yml

				windows:
				- name: "four-panes"
				  root: "~/Code/sample/www"
				  layout: tiled
				  panes:
				    - cmd: "top"
				    - cmd: "tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log"
				    - cmd: "tail -f /var/log/mail.log"
				    - cmd: "ping google.com"
			

gracias.

@AV4TAr

resources

• tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development - book
• tmux Quick Start - youtube
• http://teamocil.com/
• done with Showerjs