This is a set of alias/functions that I use to setup tmux and my ssh connections, I'm always in tmux be it locally or in ssh, it survive session disconnections.

This is a set of alias/functions that I use to setup tmux and my ssh connections, I'm always in tmux be it locally or in ssh, it survive session disconnections. # full terminal page of \n pgdown () { printf '\n%.0s' $(eval echo {1..$(( $(tput lines) - 1 ))}) } # clear teminal and TMUX history and get to the bottom line c () { echo -en "\ec"; pgdown if [[ -n $TMUX_PANE ]]; then tmux clear-history -t $TMUX_PANE fi } # force MOTD display in a new ssh session alias sshmotd='ssh -o SetEnv=SSH_MOTD=1' if command -v tmux 1> /dev/null; then # open a new tmux session named default or attach to it tmuxa () { systemd-run -q --scope --user tmux new-session -A -s default "$@" exit } # open a new tmux session named ssh_tmux or attach to it alias tmuxs='tmux new-session -A -s ssh_tmux && exit' # run tmux if TMUX variable is null locally or in an ssh session if [[ "${TERM-}" != tmux* ]] && [[ -z "${TMUX}" ]] && [[ -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]]; then tmuxa elif [[ -z "${TMUX}" ]] && [[ -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]]; then tmuxs fi fi # run MOTD at login only in an ssh session if [[ -n "${TMUX}" ]] && [[ -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]] && [[ "${SSH_MOTD-}" == 1 ]] && [[ -f "/etc/update-motd.d/00-motdfetch" ]]; then motd else pgdown fi