Different type of terminals and shells
What is tmux?
tmux is like screen + terminator combined, The biggest benefit for tmux is that it run the terminal as a process and not bind to the session, sessions won’t die if you were disconnected.
How to install?
tmux is build in into Kali, but if not you can install it as ‘apt install tmux’
Starting tmux
For every engagements it’s recommended to create new session which will be for that engagement, by typing:
tmux new –s %NAME%
(replace name with the name of engagement).Notice on the bottom terminal there is a green line with all the information on each window. (where there is a star next to the name it mean you currently viewing this window)Each windows have a number and a name, the name can be changed.For each command we will need to press the prefix key (which is by default ctrl +b) first.
Simple commands:
To start a new windows in the terminal press prefix (ctrl +b) + c.
To move between windows press the prefix and the number of the window you want to move to.
Change windows name: Prefix + ,
Rename the session: Prefix + $
Attach, Detach and Kill:
To exit the tmux session press prefix + d – and it will detach the current session and return to your normal shell (this won’t kill your session)
To re-attach the session write ‘tmux attach-session’ or ‘tmux a’ ( we can even create multiple sessions and attach based on numbers)You can view all the current sessions by running ‘tmux ls’