cheatsheets

tmux Cheatsheet

Commands (in shell)

Sessions

• tmux new-session -s SESSION_NAME
• tmux ls or tmux list-sessions - List tmux sessions
• tmux kill-session -t SESSION_ID
• tmux attach -t SESSION_ID or tmux attach-session -t SESSION_ID - Attach to tmux session in shell

Options

• tmux show-option -g status-right — Get value of status-right
• tmux set-option -g status-interval 1 — Set value of status-interval

Shortcuts

Legend

• Control + b - Prefix

Sessions

• Prefix + s - Display list of sessions
• Prefix + $ - Rename the current session
• Prefix + d - Detach from tmux session

Windows

• Prefix + c - Create a new window
• Prefix + & - Kill the current window
• Prefix + , - Rename the current window
• Prefix + w - Display list of windows
• Prefix + n - Go to next window
• Prefix + p - Go to previous window
• Prefix + f - Find window by name

Panes

• Prefix + " - Split current pane in horizontal mode
• Prefix + % - Split current pane in vertical mode
• Prefix + o - Move to next pane
• Prefix + ; - Move to previous active pane
• Prefix + z - Zoom in (Zoom out)
• Prefix + q - Display pane identifiers (red color on active pane)
• Prefix + LEFT | UP | DOWN | RIGHT - Move in direction
• Prefix + SPACE - Change panes layout
  • even-horizontal
  • even-vertical
  • main-horizontal
  • main-vertical
  • tiled

Misc

• Prefix + r - Refresh client
• Prefix + t - Display current time in pane

Configuration

File: ~/.tmux.conf

set -g mouse on
set -g status on

Resources

• https://leanpub.com/the-tao-of-tmux/read
• https://tmuxcheatsheet.com/