Re: [tlug] Living on the command line...

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 11 May 2014 14:53, Travis Cardwell <travis.cardwell@example.com> wrote:

> I would use tmux:
>
> http://brianmckenna.org/blog/guest_tmux

+1... MILLION! ;)

tmux is a really great piece of software, and is so much better than
GNU Screen. It is really easy to get started with:

tmux new  # starts a new session
# C-b d  (that's Ctrl+b then "d" for you non-Emacs types) disconnects
from the session
tmux a  # attaches to the last session you used
tmux list-sessions  # shows you all the sessions you have running

tmux new -s some-daemon  # starts a session named "some-daemon"
tmux a -t some-daemon  # attaches to the session called "some-daemon"
tmux a -t some  # attaches to the last session you used named "some*"
(like "some-daemon" or "some-other-daemon")

tmux is a wonderful solution to crappy Java server processes that like
to print a bunch of useful stuff to stdout. It's also a wonderful way
to avoid having to mess with the various crappy init systems (upstart,
etc.) when you want to run some non-daemon process in the
"background".

Cheers,
Josh