Tmux Quick Reference

 

Sessions

Start a new session

tmux
tmux new
tmux new-session
:new

Start a new session with the name goyun

tmux new -s goyun
new -s goyun

kill/delete session goyun

tmux kill-ses -t goyun
tmux kill-session -t goyun

kill/delete all sessions but the current

tmux kill-session -a

kill/delete all sessions but goyun

tmux kill-session -a -t goyun

Rename session

Ctrl + b $

Detach from session

Ctrl + b d

Detach others on the session (Maximize window by detach other clients)

attach -d

Show all sessions

tmux ls
tmux list-sessions
Ctrl + b s

Attach to last session

tmux a
tmux at
tmux attach
tmux attach-session

Attach to a session with the name goyun

tmux a -t goyun
tmux at -t goyun
tmux attach -t goyun
tmux attach-session -t goyun

Move to previous session

Ctrl + b (

Move to next session

Ctrl + b )

Windows

start a new session with the name goyun and window nextruby

tmux new -s goyun -n nextruby

Create window

Ctrl + b c

Rename current window

Ctrl + b ,

Close current window

Ctrl + b &

Previous window

Ctrl + b p

Next window

Ctrl + b n

Switch/select window by number

Ctrl + b 0 ... 9

Reorder window, swap window number 2(src) and 1(dst)

:swap-window -s 2 -t 1

Move current window to the left by one position

:swap-window -t -1

Panes

Toggle last active pane

Ctrl + b ;

Split pane vertically

Ctrl + b %

Split pane horizontally

Ctrl + b "

Move the current pane left

Ctrl + b {

Move the current pane right

Ctrl + b }

Switch to pane to the direction

Ctrl + b + arrow key

Toggle synchronize-panes(send command to all panes)

:setw synchronize-panes

Toggle between pane layouts

Ctrl + b Spacebar

Switch to next pane

Ctrl + b o

Show pane numbers

Ctrl + b q

Switch/select pane by number

Ctrl + b q 0 ... 9

Toggle pane zoom

Ctrl + b z

Convert pane into a window

Ctrl + b !

Resize current pane height

Ctrl + b +

Ctrl + b +

Resize current pane width

Ctrl + b +

Ctrl + b +

Close current pane

Ctrl + b x

Copy Mode

use vi keys in buffer

:setw -g mode-keys vi

Enter copy mode

Ctrl + b [

Enter copy mode and scroll one page up

Ctrl + b PgUp

Quit mode

q

Go to top line

g

Go to bottom line

G

Scroll up

Scroll down

Move cursor left

h

Move cursor down

j

Move cursor up

k

Move cursor right

l

Move cursor forward one word at a time

w

Move cursor backward one word at a time

b

Search forward

/

Search backward

?

Next keyword occurance

n

Previous keyword occurance

N

Start selection

Spacebar

Clear selection

Esc

Copy selection

Enter

Paste contents of buffer_0

Ctrl + b ]

display buffer_0 contents

:show-buffer

copy entire visible contents of pane to a buffer

:capture-pane

Show all buffers

:list-buffers

Show all buffers and paste selected

:choose-buffer

Save buffer contents to goyun.txt

:save-buffer goyun.txt

delete buffer_1

delete-buffer -b 1

Misc

Enter command mode

Ctrl + b :

Set OPTION for all sessions

set -g OPTION

Set OPTION for all windows

setw -g OPTION

Help

tmux infoCtrl + b ?