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+#!/bin/bash
+##################################
+# tmux start script for cmus     #
+# author eric at ewpt3ch dot com #
+##################################
+
+# usage: tmcmus.sh
+
+session="cmus"
+
+# check if we're in a tmux session, prevent nesting
+if [[ "$TMUX" != "" ]]; then
+  echo -e "Error: cannot nest sessions \e[3meventualy want to detach and start new"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# check if session by session already exists
+if (tmux has-session -t ${session} 2> /dev/null); then
+  echo -e "${session} already exists"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# not in a session already named cmus 
+# so lets create it and not attach, let it be in the backgound
+
+tmux new-session -d -s "${session}" -n "cmus"
+tmux split-window -v -p 20 -t "${session}"
+tmux send-keys -t "${session}:1.1" "cmus" C-m