# LibTmux::Session#rename

- **Module:** LibTmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Ruby
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ruby/blob/d8ce4bbee0ca7748a81929f81f7d8d07f8c51267/gems/libtmux/lib/libtmux/operations.rb#L260
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ruby/v0.1.0.alpha.3/reference/libtmux-session-rename/

tmux command: [`rename-session`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/rename-session/)

```
def rename: (
  ::String,
  ?timeout: ::Numeric,
  ?cancel: untyped
) -> ::LibTmux::CommandResult
```

Behavior: Entity mutation.

Behavior contract: Entity mutation.

## Parameters

- `arg1` (`::String`)
- `timeout` (`::Numeric`)
- `cancel` (`untyped`)

## In other ports

### Rename a session

- Python: [`libtmux.Session.rename_session`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-session-rename_session/) (method)
- Lua: [`libtmux.Session:rename`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-session-rename/) (method)
- TypeScript: [`session.Session.rename`](/en/ts/latest/reference/session-session-rename/) (method)
- Rust: [`session.Session.rename`](/en/rs/latest/reference/session-session-rename/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Session.Rename`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-session-rename/) (method)
- Java: [`io.github.libtmux.Session.Session.rename`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-session-session-rename/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.Session.RenameAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-session-renameasync/) (method)
- C++: [`libtmux::Session::rename`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-session-rename/) (method)
- Swift: [`Server.rename(_:to:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-rename(_-to-)/) (method)