Cheatsheet - tmux

Contents

1. 1. Pane
2. 2. Window
3. 3. Session
4. 4. Common
   1. 4.1. Search
   2. 4.2. Copy-Paste

Pane

• spilt horizontally: Ctrl-b %
• split vertically: Ctrl-b "
• navigate between panes: Ctrl-b <arrow key>
• close: Ctrl-d
• make a pane go full screen: Ctrl-b z
• shrink it back to its previous size: Ctrl-b z again
• resize pane in direction: Ctrl-b esc-<arrow key>

Window

• create new window: Ctrl-b c
• navigate: Ctrl-b p / Ctrl-b n / Ctrl-b <number>
• close: Ctrl-d
• rename: Ctrl-b ,

Session

• list: tmux ls
• new session with name: tmux new -s <session_name>
• rename session: tmux rename-session -t <old_name> <new_name>
• detach: Ctrl-b d or Ctrl-b D (to have tmux give you a choice which of your sessions you want to detach)
• attach: tmux attach -t <name>

Common

• help: Ctrl-b ?

Search

• enter copy mode: Ctrl-b [
• press Ctrl-s and then type keyword

Copy-Paste

• enter copy mode: Ctrl-b [
• press Ctrl-space to start select
• copy: Ctrl-w
• paste: Ctrl-b ]