Cheat Sheet :: Tmux

Working with Sessions

New Session

• Start a New Session

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tmux new-session

• Or you can type

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tmux

• Or you can use the shorthand

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tmux new

• If you’re already inside the tmux

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: new

• Start a New Session with the name mysession

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tmux new -s mysession : new -s mysession

Kill/Delete Sessions

• Kill/Delete mysession

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tmux kill-session -t mysession

• Or you can use the shorthand

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tmux kill-ses -t mysession

• Kill/Delete all sessions but mysession

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tmux kill-session -a -t mysession

• Kill/Delete all sessions but the current session

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tmux kill-session -a

Rename session

• If you’re already inside the tmux

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Ctrl + b + $

Move Between Sessions

• Move to Previous Session // If you’re already inside the tmux

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Ctrl + b + (

• Move to Next Session // If you’re already inside the tmux

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Ctrl + b + )

Attach to an Existing Session

Attach to the Last Session

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tmux attach-session

• Or

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tmux attach

• Or

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tmux at

• Or you can use the shorthand

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tmux a

Attach to an Existing Session with the Name mysession

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tmux attach-session -t mysession

• Or

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tmux attach -t mysession

• Or

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tmux at -t mysession

• Or you can use the shorthand

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tmux a -t mysession

Detach from Session

• If you’re already inside the tmux

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Ctrl + b + d

Show ALL sessions

• Listing ALL sessions

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tmux list-sessions

• Or you can use the shorthand

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tmux ls

• If you’re already inside the tmux

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Ctrl + b + s

Working with tmux Window

Start a new Window

• Start a new session with the name mysession and window name mywindow

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tmux new -s mysession -n mywindow

• Create a new Window // If you’re already inside the tmux

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Ctrl + b + c

Rename a Window

• Rename current window

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Ctrl + b + ,

• Close the current window

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Ctrl + b + &

Moving Between Windows

• Previous window

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Ctrl + b + p

• Next window

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Ctrl + b + n

• Select window by number

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Ctrl + b + 0...9

Reorder a Window

• Swap window number 2 and 1

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: swap-window -s 2 -t 1

Working with Panes

Toggle Panes

• Toggle last active pane

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Ctrl + b + ;

Split the Pane

• Split pane vertically

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Ctrl + b + %

• Split pane horizontally

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Ctrl + b + "

Moving Between Panes

• Move the current pane to the left

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Ctrl + b + {

• Move the current pane t the right

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Ctrl + b + }

Switching Between Panes

• Switch to pane to the direction

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Ctrl + b + Up
Ctrl + b + Down
Ctrl + b + Left
Ctrl + b + Right

Toggle synchronize-panes

• Send the same command to all panes

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: setw synchronize-panes

Toggle Between Panes

• Toggle between pane layouts

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Ctrl + b + <SpaceBar>

• Switch to next pane

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Ctrl + b + o

• Show pane numbers (Type the number to go to that pane)

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Ctrl + b + q

Toggle the Pane Zoom

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Ctrl + b + z

Convert a Pane into a Window

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Ctrl + b + !

Resize the Pane

• Resize the current pane height

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2

Ctrl + b + Up
Ctrl + b + Down

• Resize the current pane width

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2

Ctrl + b + Left
Ctrl + b + Right

Close the Pane

• Close the Current Pane

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Ctrl + b + x

Enter in Copy Mode (Buffer)

• Enter in Copy Mode

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Ctrl + b + [

• Enter in Copy Mode and Scroll One Page Up

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Ctrl + b + PgUp

• Quit Mode

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q

• Go to Top Line

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g

• Go to Bottom Line

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G

Scroll using the Keyboard Cursor (Arrows)

• Scroll Up

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Keyboard Up Cursor // Up

• Scroll Down

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Keyboard Down Cursor // Down

• Scroll Left

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Keyboard Left Cursor // Left

• Scroll Right

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Keyboard Right Cursor // Right

Scroll using the vim keys

FIRST: Remember to Set the vim keys in Buffer Mode. Go to Set the runtime tmux Options section to learn more.

• Move Cursor to the Left

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h

• Move Cursor Down

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j

• Move Cursor to the Up

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k

• Move Cursor to the Right

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l

• Move Cursor Forward One Word At a Time

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w

• Move Cursor Backward One Word At a Time

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b

• Search forward

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/

• Search backward

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?

• Go to the Next Keyword Occurrence

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n

• Go to the Previous Keyword Occurrence

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N

Working with Buffers

• Start a Selection

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<SpaceBar>

• Clear the Selection

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<Esc>

• Copy selection

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<Enter>

• Paste the Contents of Buffer_0

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Ctrl + b + ]

• Display the Buffer_0 Contents

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: show-buffer

• Copy the Entire Visible Contents of Pane to a Buffer

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: capture-pane

• Show All Buffers

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: list-buffers

• Show All Buffers and Paste Selected

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: choose-buffer

• Save the Buffer Contents to the file buf.txt

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: save-buffer buf.txt

• Delete the Buffer_1

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: delete-buffer -b 1

• Enter the Command Mode

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Ctrl + b + :

Set the runtime tmux Options

• Set OPTION for All Sessions

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: set -g OPTION

• Set OPTION for All Windows

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: setw -g OPTION

• Set to use vim keys in Buffer Mode

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: setw -g mode-keys vi

• Set the vim Buffer Size in Runtime (history)

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set-option -g history-limit 50000

• Start a New Session with a Defined Buffer Size (history)

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tmux set-option -g history-limit 50000; new-session

Help

• Show Every Session, Window, Pane, etc…

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tmux info

• Show Shortcuts

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Ctrl + b + ?