tmux cheat sheet
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Sessions
Start a new session
tmux
tmux new
tmux new-session
:new
Start a new session with the name mysession
tmux new -s mysession
:new -s mysession
kill/delete session mysession
tmux kill-session -t mysession
kill/delete all sessions but the current
tmux kill-session -a
kill/delete all sessions but mysession
tmux kill-session -a -t mysession
Rename session
Ctrl + b $
Detach from session
Ctrl + b d
Show all sessions
tmux ls
Ctrl + b s
Attach to last session
tmux a
tmux at
tmux attach
tmux attach-session
Attach to a session with the name mysession
tmux a -t mysession
tmux attach-session -t mysession
Move to previous session
Ctrl + b (
Move to next session
Ctrl + b )
Windows
start a new session with the name mysession and
window mywindow
tmux new -s mysession -n mywindow
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 โ (โ , โ, โ)
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 !
