tmux for persistent sessions in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to start a new tmux session named 'work'.

Linux CLI

tmux new -s [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Anew

Bsession

Cwork

Dstart

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'start' or 'new' as the session name instead of a custom name.

Omitting the session name after '-s'.

The command 'tmux new -s work' starts a new tmux session named 'work'.

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medium

Complete the code to attach to an existing tmux session named 'work'.

Linux CLI

tmux [1] -t work

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Acreate

Bnew

Cstart

Dattach

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'new' or 'create' which start a new session instead of attaching.

Omitting the '-t' option to specify the session.

The command 'tmux attach -t work' attaches to the existing session named 'work'.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to list all tmux sessions.

Linux CLI

tmux [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Alist-sessions

Bls

Clist

Dshow

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-l' alone which is not a valid tmux option.

Using 'show' which lists options, not sessions.

The correct command is 'tmux list-sessions' or 'tmux ls' to list all sessions. The '-l' option alone is invalid.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a new tmux window named 'dev' in session 'work'.

Linux CLI

tmux [1] -t work -n [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Anew-window

Battach

Cdev

Dstart

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'attach' or 'start' instead of 'new-window'.

Not specifying the window name after '-n'.

The command 'tmux new-window -t work -n dev' creates a new window named 'dev' in the 'work' session.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to kill a tmux session named 'work' and list remaining sessions.

Linux CLI

tmux [1] work && tmux [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Akill-session

Bls

Clist-sessions

Dattach

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'attach' instead of 'list-sessions' after killing.

Using 'kill' without '-session' which is invalid.

The command 'tmux kill-session work && tmux list-sessions' kills the 'work' session and then lists remaining sessions.