tmux

TMUX cheat sheets

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

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