{"id":1434,"date":"2014-03-18T18:01:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathankowald.com\/blog\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2016-11-13T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T16:41:12","slug":"tmux-attach-session-alias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nathankowald.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/tmux-attach-session-alias\/","title":{"rendered":"tmux – ‘attach session’ alias with tab completion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The command to reattach a tmux session is tedious to type.
\nIf you have many sessions open, or don’t remember the session name, you might type:<\/p>\n

# List sessions\r\ntmux ls\r\nlogs: 2 windows (created Thu Mar 13 13:07:19 2014) [237x62]\r\nturtle: 1 windows (created Tue Mar 18 13:57:21 2014) [237x65]\r\n\r\n# Attach to the session named turtle\r\ntmux attach -t turtle<\/pre>\n
Create the alias<\/h2>\n
Lets create an alias to make attaching to tmux sessions easier.
\nThe alias will allow us to autocomplete tmux session names, avoiding tmux ls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
1. Bash completion<\/h3>\n
create a new file using your preferred editor:<\/p>\n
vim \/etc\/bash_completion.d\/tma<\/pre>\n
Paste the following.<\/p>\n
_tma() {\r\n    TMUX_SESSIONS=$(tmux ls -F '#S' | xargs)\r\n\r\n    local cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}\r\n    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W \"$TMUX_SESSIONS\" -- $cur) )\r\n}\r\ncomplete -F _tma tma<\/pre>\n
Save and quit.<\/p>\n
2. Bash alias<\/h3>\n
Add the following to your ~\/.bashrc<\/strong><\/p>\n
alias tma='tmux attach -t $1'\r\nif [ -f \/etc\/bash_completion.d\/tma ]; then\r\n. \/etc\/bash_completion.d\/tma\r\nfi<\/pre>\n
Source your ~\/.bashrc<\/strong> to pickup the bash_completion.<\/p>\n
source ~\/.bashrc<\/pre>\n
3. Use tma<\/h3>\n
tma turt[Tab]<\/pre>\n
If a session named turtle<\/strong> exists, it will complete to: tma turtle<\/strong>
\nPress enter and it will attach your tmux session.<\/p>\n
If you have one session open, pressing tab will autocomplete it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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) [237×62] turtle: 1 windows (created Tue Mar 18 13:57:21 2014) [237×65] # Attach to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tmux","category-web-development"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t