# $ cheat tmux

* Source: http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/tmux
* Version: 7 (udpated by mloskot)

## Managing tmux sessions
```
$ tmux      # start tmux server
$ tmux at   # attach running sessions to a terminal
$ tmux ls   # list running tmux sessions
$ exit      # close tmux session
```

## Sharing sessions between terminals
```
$ tmux new -s session_name # make new named session
$ tmux at -t session_name  # attach to exist session (allowing shared sessions)
$ tmux kill-session -t session_name  # kill named session
```

## Commands (used within a running tmux session):

NOTE: All commands need to be prefixed with the action key. By default, this is ```CTRL-b```


* c  - create new window
* n/p - move to next/previous window
* 0-9 - move to window number 0-9
* l  - move to previously selected window
* f  - find window by name
* w  - menu with all windows
* &  - kill current window
* ,  - rename window
* %  - split window, adding a vertical pane to the right
* "  - split window, adding an horizontal pane below
* q  - show pane numbers (used to switch between panes)
* o  - switch to the next pane
* ?/? - move focus to left/right pane
* ?/? - move focus to upper/lower pane

* !  - Break current pane into new window
* x  - Kill the current pane.
* d  - detach the current client
* ?  - list all keybindings

* [  - enter copy mode (then use emacs select/yank keys)
  * press CTRL-SPACE or CTRL-@ to start selecting text
  * move cursor to end of desired text
  * press ALT-w to copy selected text
* ]  - paste copied text

* ?  - show tmux key bindings