What are the advantages to using tmux?

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Kevin Burke picture Kevin Burke · Aug 1, 2011 · Viewed 12.9k times · Source

What are the advantages to using tmux or screen? Can you provide some simple examples that will instantly improve my workflow? (I use SSH). Also, I'd be happy to mark this question as "community wiki" but I'm not sure how.

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