Tmux Capture Last Command Output

Capture the output of the last terminal command and open it an editor in a separate tmux window.

Installation

Using TPM:

set -g @plugin 'artemave/tmux_capture_last_command_output'

Hit prefix + I to fetch and source the plugin.

Manual

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/artemave/tmux_capture_last_command_output.git ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux_capture_last_command_output

Source it in your .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux_capture_last_command_output/tmux_capture_last_command_output.tmux

Reload TMUX conf by running:

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Configuration

@command-capture-key

Required. Set Prefix + key to trigger the plugin. For example, prefix+t:

set -g @command-capture-key t

@command-capture-prompt-pattern

Required. A regexp to identify command separator. Usually a prompt. E.g., if set to '] % ', the plugin will capture the latest output up until the first line that contains '] % ':

set -g @command-capture-prompt-pattern '] % '

@command-capture-editor-cmd

Optional. An editor to use for the captured output. Defaults to $EDITOR -, which works with vim/nvim. Example:

set -g @command-capture-editor-cmd 'nvim -'

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