Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference
Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference
$ tmux ls
Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference
$ tmux list-sessions
Ctrl + b s
Sessions
Show all sessions
$ tmux
$ tmux a
$ tmux new
$ tmux at
$ tmux new-session
$ tmux attach
: new
Start a new session $ tmux attach-session
Attach to last session
$ tmux new -s mysession
$ tmux a -t mysession
: new -s mysession
Start a new session with the name mysession $ tmux at -t mysession
$ tmux attach -t mysession
$ tmux kill-ses -t mysession
$ tmux attach-session -t mysession
$ tmux kill-session -t mysession
Attach to a session with the name mysession
kill/delete session mysession
Ctrl + b (
$ tmux kill-session -a
Move to previous session
kill/delete all sessions but the current
Ctrl + b )
$ tmux kill-session -a -t mysession
Move to next session
kill/delete all sessions but mysession
Ctrl + b $ Windows
Rename session
$ tmux new -s mysession -n mywindow
Ctrl + b d start a new session with the name mysession and window mywindow
Ctrl + b p Ctrl + b
: swap-window -s 2 -t 1 Ctrl + b o
Reorder window, swap window number 2(src) and 1(dst) Switch to next pane
: swap-window -t -1 Ctrl + b q
Move current window to the left by one position Show pane numbers
Ctrl + b q 0 ... 9
Panes Switch/select pane by number
Ctrl + b ;
Ctrl + b z
Toggle last active pane
Toggle pane zoom
Ctrl + b %
Ctrl + b !
Split pane vertically
Convert pane into a window
Ctrl + b "
Ctrl + b +
Split pane horizontally
Ctrl + b Ctrl +
Ctrl + b { Ctrl + b +
Move the current pane left
Ctrl + b Ctrl +
Resize current pane height(holding second key is optional) Scroll down
Ctrl + b + h
Ctrl + b Ctrl + Move cursor left
Ctrl + b + j
Ctrl + b Ctrl + Move cursor down
: 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