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Ultimate tmux (v2.3) Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

The utimate tmux cheatsheet for tmux version 2.3

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Sessions

New session
 
tmux new
New named session
 
tmux new -t name
Rename session
 
tmux rename -t old new
List session
 
tmux ls
Attach to named session
 
tmux att[ach] -t name
Attach to last session
 
tmux att[ach]
Kill session
 
tmux kill-s­ession -t name
List all clients
 
tmux list-c­lients
List clients within session
 
tmux list-c­lients -t name
Detach from session
 
d
Switch to next session
 
)
Switch to previous session
 
(
Rename session
 
$

Window Management

Create new window
 
c
Switch to next window
 
n
Switch to previous window
 
p
List windows
 
w
Switch to window number
 
number
Switch to window name
 
' (apost­rophe)
Switch to last window
 
l (lima)
Change window name
 
, (comma)
Kill current window
 
&

Copy / Paste

Copy
1. 
[

2. Ctrl-space to mark start of text
3. Ctrl-w to mark end of text
Paste
 
]
See Mouse Integr­ation for more natural copy/paste functions.

tmux.conf

Default config file
 
~/.tmu­x.conf
Enable mouse integr­ation
 
setw -g mouse on
Change bind-key
 
unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-a
bind-key C-a send-p­refix
Better pane splitting
(using | and -)
 
bind | split-­window -h
bind - split-­window -v
unbind '"'
unbind %
 

Panes

Split pane left/right
 
%
Split pane top/bottom
 
" (double quote)
Switch to pane up
Switch to pane below
Switch to pane to the right
Switch to pane to the left
Switch to next pane in set
 
o (oscar)
Switch to last used pane
 
; (semi-­colon)
Break out pane to a new window
 
! (excla­mation)
Zoom pane to full window 
z
Query pane numbers
 
q
Show the time (clock) 
t
Mark the current pane 
m
Unmark the current pane
 
M
Kill pane
 
x (confirm with y)
Resize pane height1
or
Resize pane width1
or
1 Keep the bind-key held down whilst pressing the cursor key
See Mouse Integr­ation for more natural pane selection and resizing functions

Mouse Integr­ation

Select Pane
 
Click in pane
Re-size pane
 
Drag pane divider
Copy text
 
1. Hold SHIFT key
2. Select text with mouse (Left button)
3. Right click
4. Click "­Cop­y"
Paste text
 
1. Hold SHIFT key
2. Right click
3. Click "­Pas­te"
See tmux.conf section for details on how to enable mouse integr­ation

Key
Bind-key. The bind-key default is Ctrl-b but is config­urable. Here, we use this symbol to represent your bind-key
Type on the linux command line
This option toggles - repeating the command will switch between on and off
Press Esc key to exit from this mode
(text)
Inform­ation (not typed)
(lima) (OSCAR)
Inform­ation (not typed). Phonetic alphabet to clarify ambiguous characters (note the lowercase and uppercase signif­icance)
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