Cheatsheet Tmux

🖥️ Tmux Cheatsheet

Table of Contents

• Sessions
• Windows
• Panes
• Copy Mode
• Misc
• Help

Sessions

Description	Shell Command	Tmux Command	Shortcut
Start a new session	tmux, tmux new, tmux new-session	new
Start a new session named mysession	tmux new -s mysession	new -s mysession
Rename session			Ctrl + b $
Detach from session			Ctrl + b d
Show all sessions	tmux ls, tmux list-sessions		Ctrl + b s
Attach to last session	tmux a, tmux at, tmux attach, tmux attach-session
Attach to session mysession	tmux a -t mysession, tmux at -t mysession, tmux attach -t mysession, tmux attach-session -t mysession
Kill/delete session mysession	tmux kill-ses -t mysession, tmux kill-session -t mysession
Kill all sessions but the current	tmux kill-session -a
Kill all sessions but mysession	tmux kill-session -a -t mysession
Move to previous session			Ctrl + b (
Move to next session			Ctrl + b )

Windows

Description	Shell Command	Tmux Command	Shortcut
Create window			Ctrl + b c
Rename current window			Ctrl + b ,
Close current window			Ctrl + b &
List windows			Ctrl + b w
Previous window			Ctrl + b p
Next window			Ctrl + b n
Switch/select window by number			Ctrl + b 0…9
Toggle last active window			Ctrl + b l
Reorder window, swap window 2 and 1		swap-window -s 2 -t 1
Move current window to the left		swap-window -t -1

Panes

Description	Shell Command	Tmux Command	Shortcut
Split pane horizontally		split-window -h	Ctrl + b %
Split pane vertically		split-window -v	Ctrl + b "
Switch to pane in direction			Ctrl + b ↑/↓/←/→
Toggle between pane layouts			Ctrl + b Space
Show pane numbers			Ctrl + b q
Switch/select pane by number			Ctrl + b q 0…9
Toggle pane zoom			Ctrl + b z
Convert pane into a window			Ctrl + b !
Resize pane height			Ctrl + b ↑/↓ (hold)
Resize pane width			Ctrl + b ←/→ (hold)
Close current pane			Ctrl + b x

Copy Mode

Description	Shell Command	Tmux Command	Shortcut
Enter copy mode			Ctrl + b [
Enter copy mode and scroll up			Ctrl + b PgUp
Quit mode			q
Go to top line			g
Go to bottom line			G
Move cursor			h/j/k/l
Start selection			Space
Clear selection			Esc
Copy selection			Enter
Paste contents of buffer_0			Ctrl + b ]

Misc

Description	Shell Command	Tmux Command	Shortcut
Enter command mode			Ctrl + b :
Enable mouse mode		set mouse on

Help

Description	Shell Command	Tmux Command	Shortcut
List key bindings	tmux list-keys	list-keys	Ctrl + b ?
Show every session, window, pane, etc.	tmux info

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