Tmux Cheat Sheet

The tmux cheat sheet quick reference of most commonly used shortcuts and commands

Tmux Command Mode

Misc

Command Description
swap-pane -s 3 -t 1 Swap pane
swap-window -t -1 Move to left
setw synchronize-panes Sync Panes
join-pane -t :# Join pane

Setting

Command Description
set -g OPTION Set for all sessions
setw -g OPTION Set for all windows
setw -g mode-keys vi Enable vi-mode
set -g prefix C-a Set prefix

Copying

Command Description
list-buffers List all buffers
show-buffer Show #0 contents
capture-pane Copy of pane
choose-buffer Show and paste
save-buffer a.txt Save to file
delete-buffer -b 1 Delete buffer 1

Listing

Command Description
list-keys All commands
list-panes All panes
list-windows All Windows

Resizing

Command Description
resize-pane -D 20 Resize down
resize-pane -U 20 Resize up
resize-pane -L 20 Resize left
resize-pane -R 20 Resize right

Usage

Command Description
Ctrl+b : Enter command mode

Tmux shortcuts

Session (Set of Windows)

- -
Ctrl+b d Detach from session
Ctrl+b s Show all sessions
Ctrl+b $ Rename session
Ctrl+b ( / ) Previous/Next session

Window (Tabs)

- -
Ctrl+b c Create window
Ctrl+b p / n Previous/Next window
Ctrl+b " / % Split Horiz/Vert
Ctrl+b w List window
Ctrl+b , Rename window
Ctrl+b f Find window
Ctrl+b l Last window
Ctrl+b . Move window
Ctrl+b & Close window
Ctrl+b 09 Goto # window

Panes (Splits)

Shortcuts Description
Ctrl+b " / % Split Horiz/Vert
Ctrl+b ! Pane -> Window
Ctrl+b x Kill pane
Ctrl+b Navigate panes
Ctrl+b Toggle layouts
Ctrl+b { / } Move to Left/Right
Ctrl+b o Goto next panes
Ctrl+b z toggle full-screen
Ctrl+b ; Toggle Last pane
Ctrl+b q Show numbers
Ctrl+b q 09 Goto # pane

Getting started

Shortcuts Description
Ctrl+b ? List all shortcuts

Show every session, window, pane, etc.

$ tmux info

Tmux CLI

Copy Mode

Command Description
Ctrl+b [ Enter copy mode
<Space> Start selection
Enter Copy selection
q Quit copy mode
Ctrl+b ] Paste contents of buffer_0
Mainly works like selecting text in Vim

Config

Reload config

$ tmux source-file ~/.tmu­x.conf

Show config

$ tmux show-options -g

Tmux help

$ tmux info

Kill session

Kill a session by name

$ tmux kill-ses -t myname

Kill sessions but the current

$ tmux kill-ses -a

Kill sessions but 'myname'

$ tmux kill-ses -a -t myname

Attach session

Attach to last session

$ tmux a

Attach to named

$ tmux a -t myname

New session

Start a new session

$ tmux

Start a new named session

$ tmux new -s myname

Show all sessions

$ tmux ls