From 88b0f52cc525a3f626dcf78dc8d7c63be2a92621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luxferre <lux@ferre>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 11:15:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added bmux

---
 README.md |  1 +
 bmux      | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bmux

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63708f3..b337163 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ For POSIX shell compatible scripts, see the [sh-goodies](https://codeberg.org/lu
 
 * [YouStore](./ys): a way to securely store any set of files/directories inside a video
 * [1DLife](./1dlife): Jon Millen's 1D Game of Life in pure Bash
+* [bmux](./bmux): a simple, dmux-like session manager in Bash on top of just dtach
diff --git a/bmux b/bmux
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c3fd1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bmux
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# bmux: a simple terminal session switcher in Bash on top of dtach
+# Created by Luxferre in 2026, released into the public domain
+
+SDIR="$HOME/.dtsess"
+SPFILE="$SDIR/.list"
+mkdir -p "$SDIR"
+touch "$SPFILE"
+if [[ -z "$(ls -1 "$SDIR")" ]]; then
+  cat "$SPFILE" | while read -r sess; do
+    dtach -n "$SDIR/$sess" $SHELL
+  done
+fi
+PS3='Select a session: '
+mapfile -t MENU < "$SPFILE"
+while true; do
+  select sname in "${MENU[@]}" New Quit; do break; done
+  [[ "$sname" = 'Quit' ]] && printf '\033[0m' && break
+  [[ "$sname" = 'New' ]] && read -r -p 'New session name: ' sname  
+  [[ -n "$sname" ]] && printf '\033[0m' && dtach -A "$SDIR/$sname" $SHELL
+  ls -1 "$SDIR" > "$SPFILE"
+  mapfile -t MENU < "$SPFILE"
+done