Tmux

Tmux: Terminal Multiplexer
In Tmux there are sessions, sessions have windows and windows have panes
Tmux does not use the concept of modes rather prefixed each of the command has hotkey (Default: Ctrl + B)

Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference

Session Management

List Sessions

tmux ls
s # When in tmux

Attach/ Detach an Session

tmux a -t <session-no/session-name>
tmux a # When only one session is present
d # Detach from current session

Create Session

tmux
tmux new -s <session-name> # Create a new named session

Rename Session

tmux rename-session -t <session-no> <new-session-name>
$ # Rename the current session

Move between Session

( and ) keys

Killing Session

tmux kill-session -t <session-name/session-no>

Windows

c: New Window
,: Rename Window
&: Close Window
w: List Windows

Move between Windows

n: Next
p: Previous
0-9: Move

Panes

Split Panes/ Windows

% (Horizontal)
” (Vertical)

Move between Panes

Arrow Keys: Move between panes
q: Flash Pane Number
q 0-9: Move to Pane
o: Next Pane

Arrange/ Resize Panes

Space: Different Layouts
Ctrl + Arrow Key: Resize pane
z: Zoom/ Unzoom

Copy Text

Space - Arrows - Enter

NOTE

• Space starts copy process
• Arrow to select chunk of text
• Enter to copy selected text

Closing Pane/ Window

x: Close current pane
exit: Close Pane