Shell Aliases System

Three shell functions provide quick tmux session management from the command line.

Quick Reference

Default Command	Shell Alias	Description
tmux attach -t <name> or tmux switch-client -t <name>	ta <name>	Attach to session (or switch inside tmux)
tmux ls	tl	List all sessions
tmux new-session -d -s <name> + attach	tns <name>	Create new session and attach

Usage Examples

# List sessions
tl

# Attach to an existing session
ta work

# Create and attach a new session
tns monitoring

Implementation

These functions are defined in ~/.bash_aliases/TMUX/tmux.sh:

ta() {
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo -e "Usage: ta <session-name>"; return 1; fi
    if [ -n "$TMUX" ]; then tmux switch-client -t "$1";
    else tmux attach -t "$1"; fi
}
tl() { tmux ls "$@"; }
tns() {
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo -e "Usage: tns <session-name>"; return 1; fi
    tmux new-session -d -s "$1"
    if [ -n "$TMUX" ]; then tmux switch-client -t "$1";
    else tmux attach -t "$1"; fi
}

Alias Loader Architecture

The functions are loaded automatically by this chain:

~/.bashrc
  → sources ~/.bash_aliases_loader
    → finds all *.sh files under ~/.bash_aliases/*/
      → sources them automatically

The loader script (~/.bash_aliases_loader) is directory-based — any .sh file added to any subdirectory of ~/.bash_aliases/ is loaded automatically without modifying .bashrc.

~/.bash_aliases/
  ├── TMUX/tmux.sh       ← tmux aliases live here
  ├── APT/               ← system package aliases
  ├── Listing/           ← ls, eza, tree aliases
  ├── Search/            ← grep, rg, find aliases
  └── ...                ← any new directory loads automatically

Adding Your Own Alias

1. Create a new .sh file in ~/.bash_aliases/<category>/
2. Define your function or alias
3. Open a new terminal or run source ~/.bashrc