To kill a tmux pane, you have to switch and stay in the active pane which you want to terminate. tmux windows share the same UI pattern as tabs in macOS (ex: Safari tabs or Finder. Let's look at how to terminate a pane and window when you are inside a tmux window and from outside of tmux as well. The terminal window will show a status bar when youre in a tmux session.

In case you want to change the prefix of tmux you can do it as well. Let's consider the default prefix for tmux, which is Ctrl-B and let's go over the commands below using the same. If you get disconnected from your session, you can re-attach as though nothing happened. Using tmux is recommend when running an interactive CLI program remotely. It also has advanced features such as multiple windows and split views.

It allows you to create a session on a remote box, run applications in that remote session, 'detach' from the session, and re-'attach' when desired. Tmux is one of the 'terminal multiplexer', it enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. Tmux is useful for running more than one command-line program at the same time, increasing productivity and the way you work. Tmux is a terminal multiplexer, it allows a user to access multiple terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, while providing a single screen to work on. Tmux is one of the most useful tool when it comes to using a linux terminal.

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