Cheatsheet

• session management

• tmux ls (or tmux list-sessions)

  • tmux new -s session-name

  • Ctrl-b d Detach from session

  • tmux attach -t [session name]

  • tmux kill-session -t session-name

  • Ctrl-b c Create new window

  • Ctrl-b d Detach current client

  • Ctrl-b l Move to previously selected window

  • Ctrl-b n Move to the next window

  • Ctrl-b p Move to the previous window

  • Ctrl-b & Kill the current window

  • Ctrl-b , Rename the current window

  • Ctrl-b q Show pane numbers (used to switch between panes)

  • Ctrl-b o Switch to the next pane

  • Ctrl-b ? List all keybindings

• moving between windows

  • Ctrl-b n (Move to the next window)
  • Ctrl-b p (Move to the previous window)
  • Ctrl-b l (Move to the previously selected window)
  • Ctrl-b w (List all windows / window numbers)
  • Ctrl-b window number (Move to the specified window number, the default bindings are from 0 -- 9)

• Tiling commands

  • Ctrl-b % (Split the window vertically)
  • Ctrl-b " (Split window horizontally)
  • Ctrl-b o (Goto next pane)
  • Ctrl-b ARROW KEYS (Move in pane)
  • Ctrl-b q (Show pane numbers, when the numbers show up type the key to go to that pane)
  • Ctrl-b { (Move the current pane left)
  • Ctrl-b } (Move the current pane right)

• Make a pane its own window

  • Ctrl-b : "break-pane"