Cheatsheet: tmux
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Command line
tmux new -s {session_name} -n {name}
- create new session and specify window name
tmux {attach|a|at} -t {session_name}
- attach to session
tmux ls
- list sessions
tmux kill-session -t {session_name}
- kill session
Misc
Prefix ?
- help
Prefix d
- detach
Prefix t
- big clock
Command mode
Prefix :
- command mode
new-window -n {name} {command}
- create new window and execute command
Sessions
:new
- new session
Prefix s
- list sessions
Prefix $
- name session
Prefix (
- previous session
Prefix )
- next session
Prefix L
- last session
Windows
Prefix c
- create new window
Prefix ,
- rename window
Prefix n
- next window
Prefix p
- previous window
Prefix {n}
- go to window n
Prefix f
- find window by name
Prefix w
- list windows
Prefix &
- kill window
Panes
Prefix %
split panes by vertical (see tmux-pain-control)
Prefix "
split panes by horizontal (see tmux-pain-control)
Prefix o
- cycle through the panes
Prefix {arrow key}
- navigate to specific pane (see tmux-pain-control)
Prefix space
- cycle thought layouts
Prefix x
- close pane
Prefix q
- show panes numbers
Prefix z
- switch to whole window mode and back
Prefix {
- move the current pane left (see tmux-pain-control)
Prefix }
- move the current pane right (see tmux-pain-control)
:setw synchronize-panes
- toggle panes synchronization
Copy mode (vi mode)
Prefix [
- start copy mode
Prefix ]
- past from copy mode
^
- back to indentation
esc
- clear selection
enter
- copy selection
j
- cursor down
h
- cursor left
l
- cursor right
k
- cursor down
L
- cursor to bottom line
M
- cursor to middle line
H
- cursor to top line
d
- delete entire line
D
- delete to end of line
$
- end of line
:
- goto line
⌃-d
- half page down
⌃-u
- half page up
⌃-f
- next page
w
- next word
p
- paste buffer
⌃-b
- previous page
b
- previous word
q
- quit mode
⌃-down
, ⌃-j
- scroll down
⌃-up
, ⌃-k
- scroll up
n
- next search match
?
- search backward
/
- search forward
0
- start of line
space
- start selection
Settings
set -g mode-mouse on
- enable mouse support
Plugins
tmux-copycat
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-copycat
prefix + /
- regex search (strings work too)
Predefined searches
prefix + ctrl-f
- simple file search
prefix + ctrl-g
- jumping over git status files (best used after git status
command)
prefix + alt-h
- jumping over SHA-1 hashes (best used after git log
command)
prefix + ctrl-u
- url search (http, ftp and git urls)
prefix + ctrl-d
- number search (mnemonic d, as digit)
prefix + alt-i
- ip address search
tmux-open
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-open
o
- “open” a highlighted selection with the system default program. open
for OS X or xdg-open
for Linux.
⌃-o
- open a highlighted selection with the $EDITOR
tmux-pain-control
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-pain-control
Navigation
Prefix + h
, Prefix + C-h
- select pane on the left
Prefix + j
, Prefix + C-j
- select pane below the current one
Prefix + k
, Prefix + C-k
- select pane above
Prefix + l
, Prefix + C-l
- select pane on the right
Resizing
Prefix + shift + h
- resize current pane 5 cells to the left
Prefix + shift + j
- resize 5 cells in the up direction
Prefix + shift + k
- resize 5 cells in the down direction
Prefix + shift + l
- resize 5 cells to the right
Splitting
Prefix |
split panes by vertical
Prefix -
split panes by horizontal
Swapping panes
Prefix <
moves current pane one position to the left
Prefix >
moves current pane one position to the right
tmux-resurrect
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect
Prefix ⌃-s
- save
Prefix ⌃-r
- restore
tmux-yank
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank
Prefix - y
- copies text from the command line to clipboard
copy mode
y
- copy selection to system clipboard
Y
- copy selection and paste it to the command line
vim-tmux-navigator
https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
⌃-h
- Left
⌃-j
- Down
⌃-k
- Up
⌃-l
- Right
⌃-\
- Previous split
tmuxinator
https://github.com/tmuxinator/tmuxinator
tmux-sensible
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible
tpm
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm