9

Is it possible to create a shortcut in Tmux which would kill current session? Typing "kill-session -t mysession" is not very convenient

I imagine something like

bind X kill-session -t $currentsesion

what I do not understand how to let bind know which session is current.

Improve this question

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
18

After playing around I found that I can make following shorcut which behaves the way I want:

  • Kills current session
  • Leaves all other sessions intact

bind X confirm-before "kill-session -t ''"

This solution seems to work but also looks like a hack. I hope there is a better way to do this.

EDIT

As pointed out in the comments, omitting the -t parameter will cause tmux to automatically use the current session so the code could also be shortened to:

bind X confirm-before kill-session

Improve this answer
1
  • 5
    The empty string is certainly a valid way of spelling “the current session” as a target-session, but you can also just leave out the -t (and its argument): “the current session” is the default target-session if -t is not supplied. So just this should work: bind X confirm-before kill-session
    – Chris Johnsen
    May 25, 2015 at 2:42
1

You can define shortcuts for tmux by editing ~/.tmux.conf, and supplying a suitable bind-key line. The manual page shows some examples.

For additional reading:

Improve this answer
1
  • I understand how to create shortcuts, but I do not know how to refer to the current session
    – dimus
    May 24, 2015 at 14:20

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.