dusenberrymw

Quick cheat sheet of helpful tmux commands

1. tmux new - Create and attach to a new session.
2. tmux new -s NAME_HERE - Create and attach to a new session named NAME_HERE.
3. CTRL-b, d - Detach (i.e. exit) from the currently-opened tmux session (alternatively, tmux detach). Note, this means press and hold CTRL, press b, release both, press d.
4. tmux ls - Show list of tmux sessions.
5. tmux a - Attach to the previously-opened tmux session.
6. tmux a -t NAME_HERE - Attach to the tmux session named NAME_HERE.
7. CTRL-d - Delete (i.e. kill) currently-opened tmux session (alternatively tmux kill-session).
8. CTRL-b, [ - Enter copy mode, and enable scrolling in currently-opened tmux session. Press q to exit.
9. CTRL-b, " - Split window horizontally (i.e. split and add a pane below).

henrik

tmux cheatsheet

As configured in my dotfiles.

start new:

tmux

start new with session name: