The command to reattach a tmux session is tedious to type.
If you have many sessions open, or don’t remember the session name, you might type:
# List sessions tmux ls logs: 2 windows (created Thu Mar 13 13:07:19 2014) [237x62] turtle: 1 windows (created Tue Mar 18 13:57:21 2014) [237x65] # Attach to the session named turtle tmux attach -t turtle
Create the alias
Lets create an alias to make attaching to tmux sessions easier.
The alias will allow us to autocomplete tmux session names, avoiding tmux ls.
1. Bash completion
create a new file using your preferred editor:
vim /etc/bash_completion.d/tma
Paste the following.
_tma() {
TMUX_SESSIONS=$(tmux ls -F '#S' | xargs)
local cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$TMUX_SESSIONS" -- $cur) )
}
complete -F _tma tma
Save and quit.
2. Bash alias
Add the following to your ~/.bashrc
alias tma='tmux attach -t $1' if [ -f /etc/bash_completion.d/tma ]; then . /etc/bash_completion.d/tma fi
Source your ~/.bashrc to pickup the bash_completion.
source ~/.bashrc
3. Use tma
tma turt[Tab]
If a session named turtle exists, it will complete to: tma turtle
Press enter and it will attach your tmux session.
If you have one session open, pressing tab will autocomplete it.
Anonymous
TMUX_SESSIONS=$(tmux ls -F '#S' | xargs)
n8kowald
Thank you! Much simpler.
Updated my post.
meneelyt
Thanks – exactly what I was looking for.
Tri
Any way to do this without creating a new bash alias? That is, tab autocomplete on the -t flag?
rRr
I would love that too..
Stick
Thanks! I massaged it a little bit into the snippet below for my .bashrc:
if [ -x “$(command -v tmux)” ] && [ ! -x “$(command -v tmax)” ]; then
tmax() {
if ((${#1} > 0)); then
tmux attach -t “$1” || tmux new -s “$1”
else
tmux attach || tmux new
fi
}
_tmax() {
read -ra COMPREPLY <<< "$(compgen -W "$(tmux ls -F '#S' | xargs)" — \
"${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}")"
}
complete -F _tmax tmax
fi
[ ! -x "$(command -v tmls)" ] && alias tmls='tmux ls'