| control mode (can be used with iTerm2) | tmux -CC |
| create new session with a name | tmux new-session -s $SESSIONNAME -d |
| create new session, but leave unattached | tmux new-session -d |
| list sessions | tmux ls |
| kill a particular session | tmux kill-session -t $SESSIONNAME |
The “tmux” combo as listed here represents Ctrl+B by default.
| New window | tmux + c |
| Rename window | tmux + , |
| Close window | tmux + & |
| Previous window | tmux + p |
| Next window | tmux + n |
| Select window by number | tmux + [0-9] |
| Move window | tmux + . [0-9] |
| Rename window | tmux + , |
| Vertical split | tmux + % |
| Horizontal split | tmux + “ |
| Move pane to left | tmux + { |
| Move pane to right | tmux + } |
| Switch between layouts | tmux + Space |
| Move to pane | tmux + [Arrow keys] |
| Convert pane to window | tmux + ! |
| Close pane | tmux + x |
| Show all sessions | tmux + s |
Within copy mode, controls behave like vi.
| Enter copy mode | tmux + [ |
| Quit copy mode | q |
| Start selection | Space |
| Copy selection | Enter |
| Paste buffer contents | tmux + ] |
| Clear selection | Esc |
| Save buffer to file | :save-buffer output.txt |
| Send commands to all panes | :setw synchronize-panes |
| Set option for all sessions | :set -g OPTION |
| Set option for all windows | :setw -g OPTION |
| Show list of keyboard shortcuts | tmux + ? |
# Make it use C-a, similar to screen.. unbind C-b unbind l set -g prefix C-a bind-key C-a last-window # Reload key bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf # Terminal Settings set -g default-terminal "screen-256color" set -g history-limit 10240 # Mouse support set-option -g mouse on set-encoding=utf8 # THEME set -g status-bg brightblack set -g status-fg brightwhite set -g status-interval 60 set -g status-left-length 30 set -g status-left '#[fg=white](#S) #[fg=red]#H#[default]' set -g status-right '#[fg=yellow]#(cut -d " " -f 1-3 /proc/loadavg)#[default] #[fg=blue]%H:%M#[default]'