Penetratin’ Part 1: An Introduction to tmux

As a penetration tester, tmux is one of the most valuable tool that you will have. Tmux is a terminal multiplexer, i.e. it allows you to have more than 1 terminals at a single time. Tmux is also available on most linux systems by default.

Basic commands to use tmux:

1. To start a tmux session, use tmux new -s test
2. To view all available sessions, use tmux ls
3. To tell the machine that you will be inputting tmux commands, press CTRL + B. This is called prefix.
4. To split the screen into left and right, use prefix + %
5. To split the screen up and down, use prefix + “
6. To navigate between screens, use prefix + <Arrow Keys>
7. To open a new window, use prefix + c
8. To switch to the first window, press prefix + <window-number>
9. To close a console, you can just type exit
10. To kill a session, use tmux kill-session -t test
11. To enter copy mode, press prefix + [
12. To start copying in copy mode, press <spacebar>. To stop copying, press <enter>
13. To paste what you copied, press prefix + ]