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.