{"id":15457,"date":"2011-08-31T12:57:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T10:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15457"},"modified":"2011-08-31T12:57:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T10:57:22","slug":"tmux-linux-terminal-multiplexer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/31\/tmux-linux-terminal-multiplexer\/","title":{"rendered":"tmux &#8211; Linux terminal multiplexer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I stumbled upon a very useful tool &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tmux.sourceforge.net\/\">tmux<\/a>. \u00a0It is a terminal multiplexer for Linux. \u00a0If you are using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenshu.net\/p\/terminator.html\">Terminator<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/s\/screen\/\">screen<\/a>, you&#8217;d want to check it out. 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