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tmux lets you switch between windows (listed in the green bar at the bottom) here are several useful commands:

Starts a new tmux: tmux (at the command line)
Connect to an existing tmux: tmux attach (at the command line)
Create a new window: Ctrl-b c (from within tmux)
Switch to window N: Ctrl-b N (from within tmux)
PROTIP: Don't hold the buttons.
Disconnect from tmux: Ctrl-b d (from within tmux)
To shut down tmux close terminal without disconnecting. Reattach and repeat to make sure every tmux window is closed.
To exit an individual tmux attachment just close the window with Ctrl d or by typing exit in the command line.

quick tips for using tmux with Hyak:

More elaborate cheat-sheets like this one (pdf) are available elsewhere.

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 * To shut down tmux close terminal without disconnecting. Reattach and repeat to make sure every tmux window is closed.
 * To exit an individual tmux attachment just close the window with '''Ctrl d''' or by typing '''exit''' in the command line.
+quick tips for using tmux with Hyak:
+* Connect to Hyak first
+* Start a new tmux
+* Connect to a node via any_machine
+* Start the tmux session
+* Disconnect
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 More elaborate [https://alvinalexander.com/downloads/linux/tmux-cheat-sheet.pdf cheat-sheets like this one (pdf)] are available elsewhere.