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Any idea how I can make a tmux alias for ssh? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a nice bash alias for tmux which opens a new window and directly ssh to whatever I specify

function s() {
    tmux neww -n "$1" -- ssh "$1"
}

I want to also have something similar directly as an alias in tmux, so I can do C-b :s myhost when I'm already in a ssh to another server, instead of having to change windows, and then run s myhost in bash.

I tried using tmux's confiug to do various variations of

set -s command-alias[100] s='run s'

Also using directly ssh, or without using run etc. But I can't figure it out.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what I have in my . tmux.conf for SSH you can adapt

bind-key S command-prompt -p "ssh to:","port:" "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1 -p %2'"

That means when I press C-b, SHIFT S it asks what IP to connect to (type it in when it asks on the status bar of TMUX), press enter, the it asks the port to use.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

bind-key S command-prompt -p "ssh to:","port:" "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1 -p %2'"

Brilliant. I removed the port since I usually use my ssh config or I can just type with with : and it's what I needed. Cheers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

In tmux, you usually set configuration options with set -g in tmux.conf. "-g" sets a global option which will apply to all new windows and sessions, otherwise the option applies only for the current window, which is usually not what you want.

Since command-alias is an array, you can use the -a flag to append a new value at the end.

With that said, try this:

set -ga command-alias s="new-window ssh foo"

Keep in mind that run in tmux runs a shell command in the background, so you most likely want to use something like new-window or new-session instead.