tmux cheatsheet

tmux_cheatsheet.markdown

tmux cheatsheet

As configured in my dotfiles.

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

attach:

tmux a  #  (or at, or attach)

attach to named:

tmux a -t myname

list sessions:

tmux ls

kill session:

tmux kill-session -t myname

In tmux, hit the prefix ctrl+b and then:

Sessions

:new<CR>  new session
s  list sessions
$  name session

Windows (tabs)

c           new window
,           name window
w           list windows
f           find window
&           kill window
.           move window - prompted for a new number
:movew<CR>  move window to the next unused number

Panes (splits)

%  horizontal split
"  vertical split

o  swap panes
q  show pane numbers
x  kill pane
⍽  space - toggle between layouts

Window/pane surgery

:joinp -s :2<CR>  move window 2 into a new pane in the current window
:joinp -t :1<CR>  move the current pane into a new pane in window 1

• Move window to pane
• How to reorder windows

Misc

d  detach
t  big clock
?  list shortcuts
:  prompt

Resources:

• cheat sheet

Notes:

• You can cmd+click URLs to open in iTerm.

TODO:

• Conf copy mode to use system clipboard. See PragProg book.

@dideler doesn't matter. Everything's raw in open source.

I think a respawn-pane is missing here

Dumb question, but I can't find/figure it: is there any way to focus input on just one pane and then return to the all-panes context?

Thank you, it is useful.

Is there a way to kill all windows in tmux?
In screen this was:
C-a,
but in tmux I find only to kill one single window, not all.
Thank.

EDIT:
Easy enough:
tmux kill-server
will kill all tmux windows and sessions, good enough for my purpose.

C+a k

Thanks! 👍

Hi !

I have launched a process in a tmux using an app. Now I wanna know which version of the app is running, I don't remember that which directory I added to that tmux's PATH and so cannot understand which version is running. Is there any way to see a tmux path outside that?
[any other creative idea is welcome]

Thanks

@mossishahi https://stackoverflow.com/a/606057

Hello Can you provide me with more details about tmux

what does that <CR> means??

Carriage Return

This needs far more details on it .... like for example renaming sessions

For those that follow: this gist has not been revised since 2012.

Conversely, this version (of the same cheatsheat) appears to be a branch/copy of this one but has been updated several times (latest in 2015). While four years old isn't awesome, it's still more recent (and feature-full) than this gist.

@henrik, thanks for starting it many years ago! This is obviously helpful to many.

This is either a fork of this gist or vice versa, but it's not obvious because it was duplicated instead of forked. So which is the original?

• henrik created this gist on Mar 3, 2012.
• MohamedAlaa created this gist on Jun 20, 2012.

It's possible to tell now. I don't remember what GitHub looked like in 2013. :)

what does that <CR> means??

Enter key

v useful ty ty

Thanks so much! 💯

% horizontal split - I guess this means the two panes are horizontally placed relative to each other. The splitting line is vertical. You might want to make that more clear. Other than that, very nice cheat sheet.

Agreed with this, when I hear "horizontal split" I expect that the split line is horizontal, that they're split across the horizon, or horizon-ally. But thank you so much for putting this together!