Sessions
$ tmux
$ tmux new
$ tmux new-session
: new
Start a new session
$ tmux new-session -A -s mysession
Start a new session or attach to an existing session named mysession
$ tmux new -s mysession
: new -s mysession
Start a new session with the name mysession
: kill-session
kill/delete the current session
$ tmux kill-ses -t mysession
$ tmux kill-session -t mysession
kill/delete session mysession
$ tmux kill-session -a
kill/delete all sessions but the current
$ tmux kill-session -a -t mysession
kill/delete all sessions but mysession
Ctrl + b $
Rename session
Ctrl + b d
Detach from session
: attach -d
Detach others on the session (Maximize window by detach other clients)
$ tmux ls
$ tmux list-sessions
Ctrl + b s
Show all sessions
$ tmux a
$ tmux at
$ tmux attach
$ tmux attach-session
Attach to last session
$ tmux a -t mysession
$ tmux at -t mysession
$ tmux attach -t mysession
$ tmux attach-session -t mysession
Attach to a session with the name mysession
Ctrl + b w
Session and Window Preview
Ctrl + b (
Move to previous session
Ctrl + b )
Move to next session
Windows
$ tmux new -s mysession -n mywindow
start a new session with the name mysession and window mywindow
Ctrl + b c
Create window
Ctrl + b ,
Rename current window
Ctrl + b &
Close current window
Ctrl + b w
List windows
Ctrl + b p
Previous window
Ctrl + b n
Next window
Ctrl + b 0 … 9
Switch/select window by number
Ctrl + b l
Toggle last active window
: swap-window -s 2 -t 1
Reorder window, swap window number 2(src) and 1(dst)
: swap-window -t -1
Move current window to the left by one position
: move-window -s src_ses:win -t target_ses:win
: movew -s foo:0 -t bar:9
: movew -s 0:0 -t 1:9
Move window from source to target
: move-window -s src_session:src_window
: movew -s 0:9
Reposition window in the current session
: move-window -r
: movew -r
Renumber windows to remove gap in the sequence
Panes
Ctrl + b ;
Toggle last active pane
: split-window -h
Ctrl + b %
Split the current pane with a vertical line to create a horizontal layout
: split-window -v
Ctrl + b "
Split the current with a horizontal line to create a vertical layout
: join-pane -s 2 -t 1
Join two windows as panes (Merge window 2 to window 1 as panes)
: join-pane -s 2.1 -t 1.0
Move pane from one window to another (Move pane 1 from window 2 to pane after 0 of window 1)
Ctrl + b {
Move the current pane left
Ctrl + b }
Move the current pane right
Ctrl + b
Ctrl + b
Ctrl + b
Ctrl + b
Switch to pane to the direction
: setw synchronize-panes
Toggle synchronize-panes(send command to all panes)
Ctrl + b Spacebar
Toggle between pane layouts
Ctrl + b o
Switch to next pane
Ctrl + b q
Show pane numbers
Ctrl + b q 0 … 9
Switch/select pane by number
Ctrl + b z
Toggle pane zoom
Ctrl + b !
Convert pane into a window
Ctrl + b +
Ctrl + b Ctrl +
Ctrl + b +
Ctrl + b Ctrl +
Resize current pane height(holding second key is optional)
Ctrl + b +
Ctrl + b Ctrl +
Ctrl + b +
Ctrl + b Ctrl +
Resize current pane width(holding second key is optional)
Ctrl + b x
Close current pane
Copy Mode
: setw -g mode-keys vi
use vi keys in buffer
Ctrl + b [
Enter copy mode
Ctrl + b PgUp
Enter copy mode and scroll one page up
q
Quit mode
g
Go to top line
G
Go to bottom line
Scroll up
Scroll down
h
Move cursor left
j
Move cursor down
k
Move cursor up
l
Move cursor right
w
Move cursor forward one word at a time
b
Move cursor backward one word at a time
/
Search forward
?
Search backward
n
Next keyword occurance
N
Previous keyword occurance
Spacebar
Start selection
Esc
Clear selection
Enter
Copy selection
Ctrl + b ]
Paste contents of buffer_0
: show-buffer
display buffer_0 contents
: capture-pane
copy entire visible contents of pane to a buffer
: list-buffers
Show all buffers
: choose-buffer
Show all buffers and paste selected
: save-buffer buf.txt
Save buffer contents to buf.txt
: delete-buffer -b 1
delete buffer_1
Misc
Ctrl + b :
Enter command mode
: set -g OPTION
Set OPTION for all sessions
: setw -g OPTION
Set OPTION for all windows
: set mouse on
Enable mouse mode
Help
$ tmux list-keys
: list-keys
Ctrl + b ?
List key bindings(shortcuts)
