Tmux Reference
Intro#
Tmux is a great alternative to GNU Screen.
Reference#
Once you are in tmux, all command are prefixed by C-b. So, for example, if you want to split the screen, you need to type
C-b "
That is to say, Control-b followed by the double-quote.
Essential#
| C-b | send-prefix |
| ? | help |
| d | detach-client |
Panes#
| Up | Up-pane |
| Down | down-pane |
| o | down-pane |
| Space | next-layout |
| x | confirm-before kill-pane |
| Page Up | scroll up (history) |
| Page Down | scroll down (history) |
| q | display-panes |
| x | confirm-before kill-pane |
Windows#
| " | split-window (vertically) |
| % | split-window -h (horizontally) |
| & | confirm-before kill-window |
| c | new-window |
| n | next-window |
| l | last-window |
| p | previous-window |
| & | confirm-before kill-window |
System#
| d | detach-client (detach and quit tmux but leave the session running) |
| : | command-prompt |
Shell#
The following are run from the shell, as in the command prompt.
| tmux att [-d] | attach to default session [and detach other others] |
Sessions#
Creates a new tmux session named session_name
$ tmux new-session -s session_name $ tmux new -s session_name
Attaches to an existing tmux session named session_name
$ tmux attach -t session_name $ tmux att -t session_name
Switches to an existing session named session_name
$ tmux switch -t session_name
Lists existing tmux sessions
$ tmux list-sessions
Customization#
I'll get to that later.
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