start new: $ tmux start new with session name: $ tmux new -s myname attach: $ tmux a # (or at, or attach) attach to named: $ tmux a -t myname list sessions: $ tmux ls kill session: $ tmux kill-session -t session_name Kill all the tmux sessions: $ tmux ls | grep : | cut -d. -f1 | awk '{print substr($1, 0, length($1)-1)}' | xargs kill