tmx

#!/bin/bash

#
# Modified TMUX start script from:
#     http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-836006-start-0.html
#
# Store it to `~/bin/tmx` and issue `chmod +x`.
#

# Works because bash automatically trims by assigning to variables and by 
# passing arguments
trim() { echo $1; }

if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
  echo "Specify session name as the first argument"
  exit
fi

# Only because I often issue `ls` to this script by accident
if [[ "$1" == "ls" ]]; then
  tmux ls
  exit
fi

base_session="$1"
# This actually works without the trim() on all systems except OSX
tmux_nb=$(trim `tmux ls | grep "^$base_session" | wc -l`)
if [[ "$tmux_nb" == "0" ]]; then
  echo "Launching tmux base session $base_session ..."
  tmux new-session -s $base_session
else
  # Make sure we are not already in a tmux session
  if [[ -z "$TMUX" ]]; then
    # Kill defunct sessions first
    old_sessions=$(tmux ls 2>/dev/null | egrep "^[0-9]{14}.*[0-9]+\)$" | cut -f 1 -d:)
    for old_session_id in $old_sessions; do
      tmux kill-session -t $old_session_id
    done

    echo "Launching copy of base session $base_session ..."
    # Session is is date and time to prevent conflict
    session_id=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
    # Create a new session (without attaching it) and link to base session 
    # to share windows
    tmux new-session -d -t $base_session -s $session_id
    # Create a new window in that session
    #tmux new-window
    # Attach to the new session
    tmux attach-session -t $session_id
    # When we detach from it, kill the session
    tmux kill-session -t $session_id
  fi
fi