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Basic shortcuts for tmux

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f
Prompt to search for text in open windows
Page Up
Show previous messages from tmux, if any
Up, Down
Enter copy mode and scroll one page up
?
List all key bindings
t
Show the time
:
Enter the tmux command prompt
i
Display some inform­ation about the current window
C-z
Suspend the tmux client
D
Choose a client to detach
$
Rename the current session
(
Switch the attached client to the previous session
)
Switch the attached client to the next session
d
Detach the current client
L
Switch the attached client back to the last session
r
Force redraw of the attached client
s
Select a new session for the attached client intera­ctively
#
List all paste buffers
=
Choose which buffer to paste intera­ctively from a list
-
Delete the most recently copied buffer of text
[
Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history
]
Paste the most recently copied buffer of text
 

Windows

c
Create a new window
,
Rename the current window
0-9
Select windows 0 to 9
n
Change to the next window
p
Change to the previous window
w
Choose the current window intera­ctively
l
Move to the previously selected window
&
Kill the current window
f
Prompt to search for text in open windows
.
Prompt for an index to move the current window
'
Prompt for a window index to select
i
Display some inform­ation about the current window
M-n
Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker
M-p
Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker
 

Panes

C-b
Rotate the panes in the current window forwards
!
Break the current pane out of the window
"
Split the current pane into two, top and bottom
%
Split the current pane into two, left and right
;
Move to the previously active pane
o
Select the next pane in the current window.
q
Briefly display pane indexes
m
Mark the current pane
M
Clear the marked pane
x
Kill the current pane
z
Toggle zoom state of the current pane
{
Swap the current pane with the previous pane
}
Swap the current pane with the next pane
Left, Right
Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current pane
M-1..5
Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-h­ori­zontal, even-v­ert­ical, main-h­ori­zontal, main-v­ert­ical, or tiled
Space
Arrange the current window in the next preset layout
M-o
Rotate the panes in the current window backwards
C-Dir
Resize the current pane in steps of one cell
M-Dir
Resize the current pane in steps of five cells
 

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