Tmux

Introduction

This document contains frequently used command and the corresponding used cases for terminal multiplexer tmux. For simplification, all the variables are written in parenthesis, e.g. (name).

 

Table of Content

• Installation
• Session Operations
• Window Operations
• Pane Operations
• Miscellaneous

 

Installation

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Install tmux on Mac

brew install tmux

Install tmux on Linux (RHEL)

sudo yum install tmux

Install tmux on Linux (Debian)

sudo apt install tmux

 

Session Operations

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Start tmux session

tmux

Start tmux session with custom session name

tmux new -s (name)

Detach tmux session

Ctrl+b, d

Show all tmux sessions

tmux ls

Attach tmux session in the background

tmux attach-session -t (name)

Kill tmux session

tmux kill-session -t (name)

 

Window Operations

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Create new window

Ctrl+b, c

Kill window

Ctrl+b, &

Select the window to switch to

Ctrl+b, w

Switch to specific window

Ctrl+b, (number)

 

Pane operations

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Create vertical split

Ctrl+b, "

Create horizontal split

Ctrl+b, %

Close pane

Ctrl+b, x

Switch to specific pane

Ctrl+b, (arrow button)

Switch to next pane

Ctrl+b, o

Switch to next layout

Ctrl+b, (space)

 

Miscellaneous

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Enable scrolling

Ctrl+b, [

Quit scrolling

q