How do I rename a session in tmux?
When I first started using tmux, I didn't give my first session a name. Then, as I started creating different sessions for different tasks (work, play, etc), I started naming my sessions.
Now I have a bunch of different sessions, but the first one doesn't have a name. How can I name (or rename) it, both from within tmux and from a shell prompt?
tmux rename
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
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asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
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When I first started using tmux, I didn't give my first session a name. Then, as I started creating different sessions for different tasks (work, play, etc), I started naming my sessions.
Now I have a bunch of different sessions, but the first one doesn't have a name. How can I name (or rename) it, both from within tmux and from a shell prompt?
tmux rename
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
add a comment |
When I first started using tmux, I didn't give my first session a name. Then, as I started creating different sessions for different tasks (work, play, etc), I started naming my sessions.
Now I have a bunch of different sessions, but the first one doesn't have a name. How can I name (or rename) it, both from within tmux and from a shell prompt?
tmux rename
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
When I first started using tmux, I didn't give my first session a name. Then, as I started creating different sessions for different tasks (work, play, etc), I started naming my sessions.
Now I have a bunch of different sessions, but the first one doesn't have a name. How can I name (or rename) it, both from within tmux and from a shell prompt?
tmux rename
tmux rename
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
edited Jan 22 '16 at 15:44
Mateusz Piotrowski
1,71121338
1,71121338
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
asked May 23 '12 at 17:15
Richard JonesRichard Jones
1,88321314
1,88321314
add a comment |
add a comment |
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From within tmux
Short way: prefix, then dollar sign:
Ctrl + B, $
or
Long way: prefix, then colon:
Ctrl + B, :
Then type this command at the prompt:
rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the currently attached session will be renamed.
By default the session name will be in brackets in the lower left corner of tmux. You can list all sessions and switch between them with:
Ctrl + B, s
From shell prompt
You can rename tmux sessions with
tmux rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
To find your session names, do tmux list-sessions -- it will be in the left-most column.
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the most recently used session will be renamed.
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
1
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
2
Hmm..C-b $doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session withtmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Thentmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.
– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
1
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
7
Note thatrename-session [new-name]is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.
– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
4
tmux new -s mynameto start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.
– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
|
show 2 more comments
From within tmux you can also edit the name of the current window (one of many within the session) with:
- Prefix, then comma sign:
Ctrl + B, ,
(This does not rename the "session", but the window inside a session, which many users that land here are searching for)
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
1
@bonh :set -g allow-rename off
– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can userename-windowfrom the command prompt (prefix,:)
– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
add a comment |
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From within tmux
Short way: prefix, then dollar sign:
Ctrl + B, $
or
Long way: prefix, then colon:
Ctrl + B, :
Then type this command at the prompt:
rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the currently attached session will be renamed.
By default the session name will be in brackets in the lower left corner of tmux. You can list all sessions and switch between them with:
Ctrl + B, s
From shell prompt
You can rename tmux sessions with
tmux rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
To find your session names, do tmux list-sessions -- it will be in the left-most column.
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the most recently used session will be renamed.
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
1
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
2
Hmm..C-b $doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session withtmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Thentmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.
– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
1
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
7
Note thatrename-session [new-name]is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.
– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
4
tmux new -s mynameto start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.
– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
|
show 2 more comments
From within tmux
Short way: prefix, then dollar sign:
Ctrl + B, $
or
Long way: prefix, then colon:
Ctrl + B, :
Then type this command at the prompt:
rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the currently attached session will be renamed.
By default the session name will be in brackets in the lower left corner of tmux. You can list all sessions and switch between them with:
Ctrl + B, s
From shell prompt
You can rename tmux sessions with
tmux rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
To find your session names, do tmux list-sessions -- it will be in the left-most column.
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the most recently used session will be renamed.
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
1
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
2
Hmm..C-b $doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session withtmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Thentmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.
– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
1
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
7
Note thatrename-session [new-name]is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.
– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
4
tmux new -s mynameto start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.
– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
|
show 2 more comments
From within tmux
Short way: prefix, then dollar sign:
Ctrl + B, $
or
Long way: prefix, then colon:
Ctrl + B, :
Then type this command at the prompt:
rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the currently attached session will be renamed.
By default the session name will be in brackets in the lower left corner of tmux. You can list all sessions and switch between them with:
Ctrl + B, s
From shell prompt
You can rename tmux sessions with
tmux rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
To find your session names, do tmux list-sessions -- it will be in the left-most column.
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the most recently used session will be renamed.
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
From within tmux
Short way: prefix, then dollar sign:
Ctrl + B, $
or
Long way: prefix, then colon:
Ctrl + B, :
Then type this command at the prompt:
rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the currently attached session will be renamed.
By default the session name will be in brackets in the lower left corner of tmux. You can list all sessions and switch between them with:
Ctrl + B, s
From shell prompt
You can rename tmux sessions with
tmux rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
To find your session names, do tmux list-sessions -- it will be in the left-most column.
If the current session name (-t current-name) is not specified, the most recently used session will be renamed.
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
edited Dec 17 '14 at 10:00
David Oliver
1107
1107
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
answered May 23 '12 at 17:28
skrblrskrblr
4,321195
4,321195
1
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
2
Hmm..C-b $doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session withtmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Thentmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.
– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
1
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
7
Note thatrename-session [new-name]is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.
– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
4
tmux new -s mynameto start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.
– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
|
show 2 more comments
1
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
2
Hmm..C-b $doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session withtmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Thentmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.
– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
1
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
7
Note thatrename-session [new-name]is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.
– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
4
tmux new -s mynameto start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.
– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
1
1
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
I'm trying to create a canonical answer. Can you also tell me how to do this from within tmux? And also how I would find out what my session is currently named?
– Richard Jones
May 23 '12 at 17:35
2
2
Hmm..
C-b $ doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session with tmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Then tmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
Hmm..
C-b $ doesn't seem to be set by default in my tmux on Ubuntu 10.04. At any rate, you can find the name of your current session with tmux list-sessions, it'll be the left-most item. Will probably be '0' if it was the first session you created. Then tmux rename-session -t 0 renamed_session. Both commands should work from within tmux.– skrblr
May 23 '12 at 18:15
1
1
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
It'd be better if you flesh out your answer with a comprehensive edit instead of back and forth comments
– random♦
May 23 '12 at 18:54
7
7
Note that
rename-session [new-name] is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
Note that
rename-session [new-name] is enough if you want to rename current session within tmux.– Matvey Aksenov
Nov 7 '12 at 19:13
4
4
tmux new -s myname to start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
tmux new -s myname to start a new named session. so you don't run into this predicament next time.– Danny
Nov 29 '14 at 18:34
|
show 2 more comments
From within tmux you can also edit the name of the current window (one of many within the session) with:
- Prefix, then comma sign:
Ctrl + B, ,
(This does not rename the "session", but the window inside a session, which many users that land here are searching for)
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
1
@bonh :set -g allow-rename off
– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can userename-windowfrom the command prompt (prefix,:)
– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
add a comment |
From within tmux you can also edit the name of the current window (one of many within the session) with:
- Prefix, then comma sign:
Ctrl + B, ,
(This does not rename the "session", but the window inside a session, which many users that land here are searching for)
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
1
@bonh :set -g allow-rename off
– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can userename-windowfrom the command prompt (prefix,:)
– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
add a comment |
From within tmux you can also edit the name of the current window (one of many within the session) with:
- Prefix, then comma sign:
Ctrl + B, ,
(This does not rename the "session", but the window inside a session, which many users that land here are searching for)
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
From within tmux you can also edit the name of the current window (one of many within the session) with:
- Prefix, then comma sign:
Ctrl + B, ,
(This does not rename the "session", but the window inside a session, which many users that land here are searching for)
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
edited Jan 24 at 21:51
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
answered Jun 21 '16 at 11:08
rubo77rubo77
1,73272857
1,73272857
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
1
@bonh :set -g allow-rename off
– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can userename-windowfrom the command prompt (prefix,:)
– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
add a comment |
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
1
@bonh :set -g allow-rename off
– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can userename-windowfrom the command prompt (prefix,:)
– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
I've noticed that if I do this while a program is running, the current window loses its name when the program finishes. Is there any way around that?
– bonh
Feb 14 '18 at 19:28
1
1
@bonh :
set -g allow-rename off– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
@bonh :
set -g allow-rename off– samson
Apr 26 '18 at 15:49
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can use
rename-window from the command prompt (prefix, :)– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
or if you have trouble remembering the comma, you can use
rename-window from the command prompt (prefix, :)– spinup
Oct 25 '18 at 16:00
add a comment |
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