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Byobu SSH Keyboard Shortcuts by

Keyboard shortcuts for using Byobu over SSH

Window

Create new window
CTRL-a c
Window menu
CTRL-a <
Switch to previous window
CTRL-a p
Switch to next window
CTRL-a n
Switch to window <N>
(
0-9
)
CTRL-a <N>
Window selection index prompt
CTRL-a '
Window / pane selection menu
CTRL-a "
Change window index
CTRL-a .
Rename current window prompt (use
"
if spaces)
CTRL-a A
CTRL-a ,
Kill current window
CTRL-a &
CTRL-a k

Session

Rename current session
CTRL-a $
Redraw current session
CTRL-a r
Switch to previous session
CTRL-a (
Switch to next session
CTRL-a )
Session selection menu
CTRL-a s
 

Pane

New horizontal pane
CTRL-a %
New vertical pane
CTRL-a |
Pane menu
CTRL-a >
Switch between panes
CTRL-a TAB
CTRL-a ARROW
Swap current pane with previous
CTRL-a {
Swap current pane with next
CTRL-a }
Resize current pane
May not work with PuTTY
CTRL-a CTRL-ARROW
Spread panes out evenly
CTRL-a E
Transform current pane into new window
CTRL-a !

Help

Show Byobu log
CTRL-a ~
Show keybinds list
CTRL-a ?
Describe keybind
CTRL-a /
 

Copy mode

Enter copy mode
CTRL-[
Navigate
Scroll page
[PGUP] / [PGDOWN]
Selection
[SPACE]-
Copy selection (new buffer)
[ENTER]
Exit copy mode
q

Copy buffer

Paste last copy buffer
CTRL-a ]
Choose & paste buffer menu
CTRL-a =
Delete last copy buffer
CTRL-a -

Byobu commands

Command prompt
CTRL-a :
Resize pane up
resize­-pane -U <N>
Resize pane down
resize­-pane -D <N>
Resize pane left
resize­-pane -L <N>
Resize pane right
resize­-pane -R <N>
       
 

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