tm: tmate-wrapper

tm is a small wrapper script that enhances tmate's usability and makes it easy to integrate with other tools.

Use tm anywhere you would have used tmate.

Start a new tmate session

tm

This starts tmate as a daemon as described on the tmate.io website and attaches a session.

Show your tmate addresses

# read-write address
tm address
=> ssh qRBbcBAQJcU5NazhagxewPVHh@ny.tmate.io

# read-only address
tm address-ro
=> ssh ro-C4b1hemhlJDqQxCnt07SdvyUq@ny2.tmate.io

# html address
tm address-html
=> https://tmate.io/t/sww8BF5FrYnJi4iuw1d4qPsQl

# read-only html address
tm address-html
=> https://tmate.io/t/ro-C4b1hemhlJDqQxCnt07SdvyUq

If you're on OS X, add | pbcopy to the above to easily copy your links.

Send an invitation to @someone in a #channel on Slack

tm slack channel someone

Show tmate's version

tm version or tm -V

Get help for tmate / tmux and the tmate-wrapper

tm help or tm -h

Any of these tmate commands will work through tm.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/bobbyno/tmate-wrapper.git

make install

This will create a symlink to /usr/local/bin/tm.

Slack Integration (optional)

To enable the slack command, add a Slack Incoming Webhook address as an environment variable in your .bashrc or equivalent:

export SLACK_WEBHOOK=https://hooks.slack.com/services/xyz/123