Basic Tmux Cheatsheet

Sessions

In Bash

• start new session: tmux
• start new session with name: tmux new -s sessionname
• show running sessions: tmux ls
• attach last session: tmux a
• attach session by name: tmux a -t sessionname
• kill session: tmux kill-session -t sessionname
• kill tmux-server: tmux kill-server

In Tmux

• Prefix is Ctrl - b by default
• create new session: Prefix :new and press Enter
• rename session: Prefix $
• switch to previous session: Prefix (
• switch to next session: Prefix )
• list sessions and switch to selection: Prefix s

Windows

• create new window: Prefix c
• rename current window: Prefix ,
• list session windows: Prefix w
• got to window with number: Prefix <NUMBER>
• kill window: Prefix &

Panes

• create horizontal split: Prefix %
• create vertical split: Prefix "
• Zoom In/Out in current pane: Prefix z
• kill current pane: Prefix x
• go to next pane: Prefix o
• show pane numbers: Prefix q
• go to adjacent pane: Prefix <Arrow Key>
• toggle pane layout: Prefix <Space>

Resizing Panes

• you can access the Prompt by hitting: Prefix :
• resize windows: `resize-pane [DIRECTION] [NUMBER OF CELLS]
• Directions: D U L R (down, up, left, right)
• eg: resize-pane -L 30