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tmux Cheat Sheet

tmux Cheat Sheet

Table of Contents

Shortcuts

Key(s) Description
CTRL+b <command> sends <command> to tmux instead of sending it to the shell
Working with Windows
c creates a new window
, rename current window
p switch to previous window
n switch to next window
w list windows (and then select with arrow keys)
Working with Panes
% split window vertically
- split window horizontally
go to right pane
go to left pane
go to upper pane
go to lower pane

Scripting TMUX

Starting multiple commands in multiple panes

Start a new tmux session with tmux before running the script!

#!/bin/bash
 
SESSION=$USER
 
tmux -2 new-session -d -s $SESSION

tmux new-window -t $SESSION:1 -n "TMUX-Test"
tmux split-window -h
tmux select-pane -t 0
tmux send-keys "echo 'pane1'" C-m
tmux select-pane -t 1
tmux send-keys "echo 'pane2'" C-m
tmux split-window -v
tmux send-keys "echo 'pane3'" C-m

Configuring TMUX

You can configure tmux via the ~/.tmux.conf file. After making changes to the config file, you can update the configuration "on-the-fly" with

tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

Adding Mouse Support for Mac OS X

In order to have mouse support in Mac OS X, you can add the following lines to your config file:

set -g mode-mouse on
set -g mouse-resize-pane on
set -g mouse-select-pane on
set -g mouse-select-window on

Further Resources

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