using-tmux-for-interactive-commands

You can automate interactive CLI tools by orchestrating them within detached tmux sessions, using send-keys to simulate keystrokes and capture-pane to extract screen output for scripted workflows.

Yes, you can drive vim in a detached tmux session by creating the session, sending keystroke inputs with send-keys, and capturing the screen output programmatically for automated editing tasks.

Automating interactive git rebase workflows is best handled by running the rebase inside a tmux session, where you can script the required keystrokes and capture the output to verify the process.

Capturing output from a Python REPL with tmux works by sending commands to a detached session via send-keys and using capture-pane to retrieve the resulting screen output for automated test validation.

You only need tmux installed in your environment to control interactive commands, as it provides the required session management, scripted input, and output capture capabilities natively without additional dependencies.

Bash scripts fail to control interactive CLI tools because simple bash commands cannot handle real-time input and output, whereas tmux sessions provide detached environments that can be driven programmatically.